Glider Collections

Anyone know where the two ASW-12's of Ben Greene and Wally Scott are now located?
Both pilots shared the record 1153 km distance flight in July, 1970 out of Odessa, Texas. These gentlemen timed their landing touchdown at the same moment to share the record!

Also, Jeff Byard, Doug Fronius and friends have a nice collection of classic and vintage sailplanes at Tehachapi, California. I trailered my ASK-13 from Marfa out there last May for their annual Memorial Day weekend rally. Great fun sharing thermals with those graceful wood and fabric sailplanes..

See the VSA website vintagesailplane.org for info on upcoming events and join VSA for an excellent and colorful magazine. There are more restored vintage and classic sailplanes flying today than 10 years ago and the fleet is growing.

On Friday, February 21, 2014 9:45:01 AM UTC-6, Burt Compton - Marfa Gliders, west Texas wrote:
Anyone know where the two ASW-12's of Ben Greene and Wally Scott are now located? Both pilots shared the record 1153 km distance flight in July, 1970 out of Odessa, Texas. These gentlemen timed their landing touchdown at the same moment to share the record!

Ben's belongs to Tom Kennedy. Went through substantial mods when owned by Wil Schuemann. Not sure where it is, as registration has expired. Wally's is now in the museum at the Wasserkuppe.

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 4:43:24 PM UTC-6, Kevin Christner wrote:
What do you own?

2C

An airworthy 1958 Ka-6BR (#461) originally owned by Fritz Sebek in Miami, an airworthy 1967 Ka-6E (#4135?) that lived in the Tulsa area from near new, and an airworthy (after major repair and restoration) 1958 Ka-2b built from a kit by a club in Balingen Germany. I've repaired/restored all or part so these.

As restoration projects another Ka-6BR (1957 #337) originally owned by the Akaflieg at Braunschweig and then near Seattle for decades (under restoration), a 1954 Ka-2 (#38) stripped to bare wood and in the shop, but awaiting its time, a 1959 Lo-150a imported by Sven Jensen & Art Johnson in 1962 to Illinois (under restoration), another Lo-150 originally flown by A.J. Smith in need of major repair (fuselage in two main pieces, but with an imported set of wings to replace a badly broken one - awaiting restoration), and a Ka-6Cr that unfortunately was damaged at the 2012 IVSM at Harris Hill and has a fuselage broken behind the wing, but wings and horizontal surfaces intact (awaiting its time in the shop).

Then there is the ASK-14 (#14004) that I own with two partners. It is in quite reasonable condition, but needs a total restoration. I am working on the fuselage now and my partners will do the flying surfaces.

And yes, I live in Wichita near Steve. I have no intention of catching up to his number of gliders, and I have a wife to help me avoid it as well.

To get info on the old gliders, you might look for a copy of a recent book commissioned by the Vintage Glider Club, "The Vintage Glider Club - a celebration of 40 years preserving and flying historic gliders 1973 - 2013." Cumulus Soaring carries it in the US. It has details on many of the vintage and classic gliders around the globe.

Good Luck,

...... Neal

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 3:43:24 PM UTC-7, Kevin Christner wrote:
I'm interested in finding out what some of the largest private collections of "classic" (roughly 1965-1975) are (Steve I already know you have about a gazillion...).

I currently have an Elfe S-3, Libelle 301, Diamant 17.2 and ASW-12. What do you own?

2C

AS-W12 SN 002
Rick Paquette

Low hours ASW-14 VG condition. Anyone want to add it to their collection?

On 29/03/2015 22:40, Jeff wrote:
Low hours ASW-14 VG condition. Anyone want to add it to their collection?


Assuming it's actually an ASK-14 - then Yes if it has the electric starter.

GC

It is a real ASK-14, and yes it has electric start. In Virginia.

My Glider collection:-

Slingsby T21B
DFS Habicht
DFS Kranich II
DFS Weihe
Goe-3 Minimoa
Goe-4 (Goevier)
Grunau Baby IIb
Mü-13 D 'Atalante'
Mü-13 D II
Mü-13 D III
SG-38 Schulgleiter
Doppelraab IV
LO-100 Zwergreiher
LO-150 Burgreiher
Mue-13 E Bergfalke I
Scheibe Bergfalke II
Scheibe Bergfalke III
Scheibe L-Spatz-55
K 2b Rhoenschwalbe
Ka 4 Rhoenlerche
Ka 6 CR Rhoensegler
Ka 6 E Rhoensegler
K 7 Rhoenadler
K 8
ASK 13
ASH 25
ASK 21 (several)
ASK 21Mi
ASK 23
ASW 15 B
ASW 17
ASW 19 B
ASW 20 B
ASW 20 BL
ASW 22 BL
ASW 27 B
ASG 29
DG-101
DG-202
DG-600
DG800S
Discus BM
Discus BT
Discus B
Discus K
Discus CS
Discus 2b
Duo Discus
Duo Discus X
LS-4
LS-7
LS8-18
Standard Libelle
Grob Astir CS
Pilatus B4
ICA IS-29 D +D2
LET Blanik L-13 (several)
Schweizer SGS 2-33A
Schweizer SGS 2-32
Schweizer SGS 1-26
SZD-Bocian
SZD-22C Mucha Standard
WA-21 Javelot II
WA-30 Bijave
ASK 21-J
ASW 20 CL-J
ASW 22 BL-J
Ka 4 Motorlerche
SF 25 C-Falke (several variants)
SF 28 A Tandem Falke
SZD Pirat
H-36 Dimona
Auster H glider
DFS-230 Assault Glider
Airspeed Horsa
Waco CG-4
A-I-R Atos VR
Genesis 2
BrightStar Swift
Aeriane Swift'Light
Horten Ho IV
SB-13
MDM Fox
Stemme S-10
Let 33 Solo
VT100/VSM-40 Démant
VSB-62 Vega

Maybe one or two I have forgot. All flown from my private grass
strip at the base of Skiddaw in the English Lake District.

Tim O"Donnell used to fly a Susu 1A out of Warner Springs. Had not been there since 2003, but the glider was still there and being flown in 2003.

On Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 7:04:08 PM UTC-5, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Tim O"Donnell used to fly a Susu 1A out of Warner Springs. Had not been there since 2003, but the glider was still there and being flown in 2003.

Tim is still flying his Sisu and logging flights to OLC, flying mainly from Ken Jernstedt airport in Oregon. Good on you, Tim!

Steve Leonard