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fire at Schleicher factory facilities
Look at http://www.osthessen-news.de/Osthess...ws030719_8.htm
Newspaper of Ost-Hessen....... Photo's included of the Disaster at the Schleicher facilities Fire department did a good job. (imho) In case the link does not work: http://www.osthessen-news.de == Samstag - 19. Juli 2003 AKTUELL: Großbrand im Segelflugzeugwerk SCHLEICHER If your plane was due to delivery in august you may have to wait for Santa Claus and ask for a new one in december ;-( Eric van Geetsum |
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Earlier, "Eric van Geetsum" wrote:
from the German newspaper "Fuldaer Zeitung" Segelflugzeuge fielen Flammen zum Opfer... Am I to understand that in the last month or so there have been fires at the facilities of both Schempp-Hirth and Schleicher? That's kind of curious... Bob K. |
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Bob Kuykendall wrote:
Earlier, "Eric van Geetsum" wrote: from the German newspaper "Fuldaer Zeitung" Segelflugzeuge fielen Flammen zum Opfer... Am I to understand that in the last month or so there have been fires at the facilities of both Schempp-Hirth and Schleicher? That's kind of curious... Bob K. My granddad would have said they were probably caused by friction... between the insurance and finance companies. :-) Larry |
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The building in question is the final assembly hall. It looks like it
was pretty well destroyed, but they were able to get some gliders,wings,plus the ASK-16 motor glider out before the fire took over. The damage is estimated at over 500,000 Euros. Fortunately, no production facilities were affected. The employees will use their upcoming holidays to repair the damage as much as possible or set up temporary final assembly area. It looks like the local fire brigades did an outstanding job in containing the fire to the final assembly hall. ojunk (Robertmudd1u) wrote in message ... I have not been to the Schleicher factory in several years but as I recall the building shown in in the photos on the newspaper web site is not one where production is done. When I was there the production was in the multi-story building behind the one shown in the photos. Also the gliders shown in the photos are finished gliders and one is not even a current production model. Was this building a repair or refinishing shop? Anyone have a translation of the article, or other details? Will DG now buy Schleicher? ;-) Robert Mudd |
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Quick software translation, quite close, but some adjustments might be
needed, but you'll get the gist of it: Gliders victims of flames Company boss Edgar Kremer actually had wanted to leave Poppenhausen to go to Berlin in the early morning for a sailplane competition. So it was on Saturday at 6 o'clock in the morning in order to get the glider he entered Poppenhausen. When he looked through the window into the finsihing hall, he noted brightly flaring flames. "That was good fortune in the misfortune", said Poppenhausens mayor Manfred Helfrich yesterday vis-à-vis the FZ, "otherwise the fire would probably have destroyed the whole firm." Nevertheless considerable property damage emerged: some completed gliders already ready fell victim to the fire and also the hall was badly damaged. The police estimate the loss in excess of 500,000 Euros. Regarding the cause of the fire , the officials in Fulda were able to make yesterday no statements; the findings of the police investigation were not yet in. Mayor Helfrich believes a technical defect in the electrical systems at the business led to the misfortune . The company boss had immediately raised the alarm with the fire department, which enabled them to rapidly deploy 100 firefighters to the place. "The logistics went smoothly", praised Helfrich, "it makes already sense, that again and again cooperationof the different fire departments take place." So the deployed firefightters out of Poppenhausen , Fulda and Gersfeld proved to be a balanced out team. According to community fire inspector Georg Wehner the fire lasted approximately two and a half hours until the fire was under control. Because of the strong smoke development, approximately 30 fire department people had to carry breathing apparatus. The Fuldaer defense was equipped with a special breath protection devices vehicle, a central control vehicle and a joint mast vehicle on the spot; out of Gersfeld, a devices vehicle came for hazardous materials. The defense out of Gackenhof had the supervision over the Aufräumarbeiten, that were terminated not until the evening hours. Of the 120 factory workers, of whom many hurried to the fire, and the events "appalled pursued" how Helfrich reports, approaches in the next weeks much work: the impending Betriebsferien are supposed to be used in addition to arrange the Mondays hall again. "The production can go on", noted Helfrich eased. Kremer will contuinue to be an important employer in Poppenhausen. A spreading of the flames had been prevented on other work by the quick use of the defenses. A contribution out of the Fuldaer newspaper of the 21 July 2003 "Eric van Geetsum" wrote in message ... from the German newspaper "Fuldaer Zeitung" Segelflugzeuge fielen Flammen zum Opfer Poppenhausen (dom) Eigentlich hatte Firmenchef Edgar Kremer am frühen Morgen zu einem Segelflug-Wettbewerb nach Berlin aufbrechen wollen. So war er am Samstag um 6 Uhr auf den Beinen, um das Fluggerät vom Gelände des Segelflugzeugwerks Schleicher in Poppenhausen zu holen. Als er durchs Fenster in die Endmontagehalle sah, bemerkte er hell lodernde Flammen. "Das war Glück im Unglück", sagte Poppenhausens Bürgermeister Manfred Helfrich gestern gegenüber der FZ, "sonst hätte das Feuer vermutlich die gesamte Firma zerstört." Dennoch ist erheblicher Sachschaden entstanden: Dem Brand fielen einige bereits fertig montierte Flugzeuge zum Opfer, und auch die Halle wurde stark beschädigt. Die Polizei geht von einer Schadenssumme in Höhe von mindestens 500000 Euro aus. Zur Brandursache konnten die Beamten in Fulda gestern keine Angaben machen; die Ermittlungen der Kriminalpolizei dauern noch an. Bürgermeister Helfrich vermutet allerdings, dass ein technischer Defekt an der elektronischen Anlage des Betriebs zu dem Unglück führte. Der Firmenchef hatte umgehend die Feuerwehr alarmiert, die mit insgesamt 100 Einsatzkräften schnell zur Stelle war. "Die Logistik hat reibungslos funktioniert", lobte Helfrich, "es macht schon Sinn, dass immer wieder Gemeinschaftsübungen der verschiedenen Feuerwehren stattfinden." So erwiesen sich die Einsatzkräfte aus Poppenhausen samt Ortsteilen, Fulda und Gersfeld als eingespieltes Team. Nach Angaben von Gemeindebrandinspektor Georg Wehner, der den Einsatz leitete, dauerte es rund zweieinhalb Stunden, bis das Feuer unter Kontrolle war. Wegen der starken Rauchentwicklung mussten rund 30 Feuerwehrleute Atemschutzgeräte tragen. Die Fuldaer Wehr war mit einem speziellen Atemschutzgeräte-Wagen, einem zentralen Einsatzleitfahrzeug und einem Gelenkmastwagen vor Ort; aus Gersfeld kam ein Gerätewagen für Gefahrgut. Die Wehr aus Gackenhof hatte die Aufsicht über die Aufräumarbeiten, die erst in den Abendstunden abgeschlossen waren. Auf die 120 Mitarbeiter des Segelflugzeugwerks, von denen viele zum Brandort geeilt waren und das Geschehen "entsetzt verfolgten", wie Helfrich berichtet, kommt in den nächsten Wochen viel Arbeit zu: Die bevorstehenden Betriebsferien sollen dazu genutzt werden, die Montagehalle wieder herzurichten. "Die Produktion kann weitergehen", bemerkte Helfrich erleichtert. Kremer sei ein wichtiger Arbeitgeber in Poppenhausen. Durch den qualifizierten Einsatz der Wehren sei ein Übergreifen der Flammen auf andere Werksteile verhindert worden. Ein Beitrag aus der Fuldaer Zeitung vom 21. Juli 2003 |
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In article , Howard Franks
writes: The AS website states that delivery times of new gliders will not be affected. Glad to hear that. Robert Mudd |
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Office records, like the original drawings for my Standard Austria, but
fortunately some of the rolls were just charred a bit on the ends, and with great care could be unrolled and printed! A neat experience - getting that kind of help just dropping in to the factory! Cheers Bruce Mike Borgelt wrote: On 21 Jul 2003 15:55:42 -0700, (Bob Kuykendall) wrote: Earlier, "Eric van Geetsum" wrote: from the German newspaper "Fuldaer Zeitung" Segelflugzeuge fielen Flammen zum Opfer... Am I to understand that in the last month or so there have been fires at the facilities of both Schempp-Hirth and Schleicher? That's kind of curious... Bob K. I believe Schempp had a fire 20 + years ago that fortunately only destroyed some office records. I remember eading somwhere DG had a fire some years back that destroyed the DG600 wing molds and they took the opportunity to redesign the wing with a new airfoil and called it the DG800. Mike Borgelt |
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