CAPSTAN SIDE BY SIDE TWO SEATERS

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 21:57:51 GMT, "Malcolm Austin"
wrote:

Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have resurrected our
Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it was. Yes
of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as glass! But it more
than makes up for that when thermalling......

I hear that very few were built (less than 60?), and only about 10 are left
flying. Is this the case, is it possible to find out where the rest of them
are.

There was a thread on the uk.rec.aviation.soaring group about this a
few months ago, try searching the archives for this.

Chris

Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have resurrected our
Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it was. Yes
of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as glass! But it more
than makes up for that when thermalling......

I hear that very few were built (less than 60?), and only about 10 are left
flying. Is this the case, is it possible to find out where the rest of them
are.

Our club, Denbigh in North Wales (UK) has one, anyone out there with
knowledge of the rest of them?

Cheers, Malcolm...

There's a syndicated one at Parham. I believe it's going to the next vintage
festival somewhere in eastern Europe. the Syndicate has just had an
aluminium box trailer manufactured that is a work of art apart from being
large enough to park 3 or 4 smart cars in!
Picture of the ship at www.internationalsoaring.org/gallery

Ian

"Chris Rowland" wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 21:57:51 GMT, "Malcolm Austin"
wrote:

Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have resurrected
our
Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it was.
Yes
of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as glass! But it
more
than makes up for that when thermalling......

I hear that very few were built (less than 60?), and only about 10 are
left
flying. Is this the case, is it possible to find out where the rest of
them
are.

There was a thread on the uk.rec.aviation.soaring group about this a
few months ago, try searching the archives for this.

Chris

In article , Malcolm Austin
writes
Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have resurrected our
Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it was. Yes
of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as glass! But it more
than makes up for that when thermalling......

There was one at Gransden Lodge last year; it may still be there.

--
Mike Lindsay

One of our members at the Lakes GC (www.lakesgc.co.uk) has had one fully
restored.

Peter

"Malcolm Austin" wrote in message
...
Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have resurrected
our
Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it was.
Yes
of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as glass! But it more
than makes up for that when thermalling......

I hear that very few were built (less than 60?), and only about 10 are
left
flying. Is this the case, is it possible to find out where the rest of
them
are.

Our club, Denbigh in North Wales (UK) has one, anyone out there with
knowledge of the rest of them?

Cheers, Malcolm...








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On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 08:34:06 UTC, Mike Lindsay
wrote:

: In article , Malcolm Austin
: writes
: Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have resurrected our
: Capstan.
:
: Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it was. Yes
: of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as glass! But it more
: than makes up for that when thermalling......
:
: There was one at Gransden Lodge last year; it may still be there.

I flew one at Bellarena a few years back. They had two - one was
shipped to new owners in England while I was there.

Ian

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:34:06 +0100, Mike Lindsay
wrote:

In article , Malcolm Austin
writes
Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have resurrected our
Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it was. Yes
of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as glass! But it more
than makes up for that when thermalling......

There was one at Gransden Lodge last year; it may still be there.

It is, and has been joined this season by second, very well restored,
example.

--
martin@ : Martin Gregorie
gregorie : Harlow, UK
demon :
co : Zappa fan & glider pilot
uk :

Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:34:06 +0100, Mike Lindsay
wrote:

In article , Malcolm Austin
writes
Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have
resurrected our Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it
was. Yes of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as
glass! But it more than makes up for that when thermalling......

There was one at Gransden Lodge last year; it may still be there.

It is, and has been joined this season by second, very well
restored,
example.

It seems sad that one cannot consult an on-line Aircraft Register in
the UK.
If it were possible, this thread could be answered by a search for all
Capstan gliders on the Register.
I have had a quick Google for such a Register, but it doen't seem to
exist as a web document; at least from a study of the CAA pages.
We have things easier in Australia. One can download the Civil
Aircraft Register as a *.csv file and then use any suitable program
(Access, Excel etc) to search for records of interest.
Cheers, John G.

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 12:49:41 GMT, "John Giddy"
wrote:

Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:34:06 +0100, Mike Lindsay
wrote:

In article , Malcolm Austin
writes
Hi, due to the current UK problems with flying K7's we have
resurrected our Capstan.

Having had a first flight in it today I'm surprised at how good it
was. Yes of course it's wooden and doesn't penetrate as well as
glass! But it more than makes up for that when thermalling......

There was one at Gransden Lodge last year; it may still be there.

It is, and has been joined this season by second, very well
restored,
example.

It seems sad that one cannot consult an on-line Aircraft Register in
the UK.
If it were possible, this thread could be answered by a search for all
Capstan gliders on the Register.
I have had a quick Google for such a Register, but it doen't seem to
exist as a web document; at least from a study of the CAA pages.
We have things easier in Australia. One can download the Civil
Aircraft Register as a *.csv file and then use any suitable program
(Access, Excel etc) to search for records of interest.
Cheers, John G.

NZ does exactly the same.

There's no way the CAA could do that here in the UK because they don't
register gliders: the BGA is responsible for that. I don't know if the
BGA supplies them with lists of current registrations. OTOH,
publishing an online register *is* something the BGA could do and I,
for one, would like to see it made available.

--
martin@ : Martin Gregorie
gregorie : Harlow, UK
demon :
co : Zappa fan & glider pilot
uk :

Just watched one launch at Camphill, last seen ridge
soaring. One of two at the Vintage Rally

As some one said there was a thread on uk recration
soaring a few months ago.

For a list of UK Capstans see

http://www.mrandmrshedgehog.co.uk/skymaster/bga/bga.asp

and search on Capstans

To see the largest world wide gathering of Capstans
in many years, visit the Wolds 2 seater Comp in August
this yearI am told that there are 6 entered.