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Question: Location of N46LP, Laister LP-46 13.6 meter Sailplane



 
 
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Old November 12th 06, 03:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Question: Location of N46LP, Laister LP-46 13.6 meter Sailplane

QUESTION:
Does anyone know the condition and whereabouts of N46LP, a Laister
LP-46 sailplane?
N46LP was the second of two LP-46s built by Jack Laister's factory.

DATA BASES SEARCHED:
I have already checked the FAA's online registration databases, the
NTSB crashed aircraft reports, etc. There are old registration entries
for the aircraft but nothing current. The glider is "out there
somewhere" but the trail has grown cold.

ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE:
The original LP-46, N178J, is still flying quite happily in
Leavenworth, Washington at last report.
N178J was built in 1966 as the short span prototype LP-49. It appears
on the Nov 1966 Soaring magazine cover by George Uveges Link to the
cover photo:
http://soaring.aerobatics.ws/Soaring...66Nov_full.jpg

LOOKING FOR THIS ONE:
The one I'm trying to identify and locate is the *other* LP-46, N46LP.
It has 44.5 foot span metal wing, glass fuselage, swept fin, the
shorter LP-49 style canopy, and fixed gear. Photos of it on page 27 of
the May 1979 issue of Soaring.

PREVIOUS OWNERS:
The owner in the 1970s was C. Gordon "Doc" Livingston who flew it at El
Mirage.

The owners in the 1980s were Richard & Joan Robinson on Morris Rd. in
Irvine, California.
The trail seems to end there as the FAA's Triennial Aircraft
Registration Report was returned from their last known address to the
FAA by the Post Office as undeliverable.

I am now hoping that someone who knows where the glider itself is,
and / or who the current owner / caretaker is might respond.

Does anyone know where N46LP is now, and who owns it?

Thanks in advance.

Please feel free to email or phone.

Cam Martin
Tehachapi CA
(661) 8two3-0218
jcmartin(at)bak.rr.com

 




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