SSA Airshow Ship Blog

When ever you are ready to donate your duo discus for display we will be ready to promote it

Dennis

On Friday, November 14, 2014 12:43:14 PM UTC-7, gotovkotzepkoi wrote:
;891762 Wrote:
Fellow Soaring Enthusiasts on RAS,

The SSA and specifically the SSA Growth and Development committee have
accepted the donation of a Blanik L13 for use as a static display at
aviation events. Meant as a promotional tool, this purpose built
display will allow adults and kids to experience the excitement of
sitting in a glider, manipulating the controls and having their picture
taken. Adorned with flashy paint and logos, trivia, and web addresses,
we envision this aircraft will serve the sport for many years.

Even though the glider and trailer were donated at no cost, the
restoration will take volunteer time and money. I encourage you to
follow the blog at

http://www.ssa.org/GrowthDevelopment?show=blog&id=3813

Come share the excitement as we try to convert this bird into the SSA
flagship. Bookmark for regular updates and feel free to help in any way
you can.. The goal is to unveil the ship at Sun N Fun 2015.

Thanks

Let me get this straight - we are going to show off to the world an
ancient glider which is no longer allowed to fly because it crashed and
is considered unsafe. Does not sound like wise PR to me.




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gotovkotzepkoi

Getting an active glider to display during soaring season is usually a challenge. Taking a club or commercial glider off line for even a weekend day is always a challenge and impossible in some cases. Most private owners would rather be soaring. Some have been generous with their time and gliders though. L-13 is not an ugly duckling. Imagine how surprised the interested will be when they show up somewhere and find the fleet better than display. Better than showing an ASW-27 and having them show up and find a 2-22 maybe?

It's definitely worth a shot. L-13 is not the easiest to rig, but not harder than a 2-33 or even some G-103 in my experience.

We can carp all day, or get out there. Lane's is a very reasonable approach. Seems there are enough spare L-13's to maybe look at staging a few as the cost of prepping is likely less than the long-term cost of fuel dragging them around the country.

Frank Whiteley