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Grunau Baby versus Eta?



 
 
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Old November 7th 06, 06:40 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Derek Copeland
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Default Grunau Baby versus Eta?

A few years ago a gent from Hus Bos was leading the
UK National Ladder (equivalent to the OLC) for a month
or two flying a Slingsby Tutor, which has even worse
performance than the Grunau Baby. A lot of hot glass
ship owners were really shown up by this!

Unfortunately the powers that be (glass ship owners?)
then changed the rules of the ladder to make a repeat
of this situation almost impossible! However it shows
what can be done in vintage gliders if you put your
mind to it.

Derek Copeland

At 12:06 07 November 2006, Graeme Cant wrote:
kirk.stant wrote:
There is no such thing as a crappy glider.


1. Totally agree - old gliders are neat, have character,
are usually
painted in neat colors...





 




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