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Prue Super Standard available to repairer
Paul Pallmer died last year and his brother, John (509-928-6269), is
trying to find a person who would take Paul's old wrecked glider and trailer rather than just selling it all as junk. It is a wrecked aluminum Prue Super Standard 15M glider. It has a trailer,instruments,and literature. Pictures of the glider are available but are not currently attached. The glider hit a post with the wing during an outlanding in the 70's. The fuselage nosed in and bent, breaking Paul's leg. I've also sent this information to the Vintage Sailplane group. I have some pictures. Rudy Allemann |
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IIRC the Prue Super Standard was built with thick magnesium skins so the
wing would hold an accurate airfoil. Bill Daniels wrote in message ups.com... Paul Pallmer died last year and his brother, John (509-928-6269), is trying to find a person who would take Paul's old wrecked glider and trailer rather than just selling it all as junk. It is a wrecked aluminum Prue Super Standard 15M glider. It has a trailer,instruments,and literature. Pictures of the glider are available but are not currently attached. The glider hit a post with the wing during an outlanding in the 70's. The fuselage nosed in and bent, breaking Paul's leg. I've also sent this information to the Vintage Sailplane group. I have some pictures. Rudy Allemann |
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According to what I remember and see from the 1974 sailplane directory,
only the prototype had the magnesium wing skins. The others got more ribs and aluminum skins. There is a picture of it in the Spetember 1965 isue of SOARING. Paul was teh one and only owner of the ship. A few years back the prototype was available for sale. It was stripped and ready to be re-painted. According to landings.com, it is still in Midland, Texas. I got to thinking about this plane again when talking about US gliders that have been to World Championships. The prototype Prue Standard, and the Sisu you all got to see at Ontario, were two of the three to go to Argentina in 1963. Rudy, is ther any chance you could send me copies of the pictures? It is half a continent away, but I might be interested. I watched as the tooling for the Super and a bunch of parts were donated to a ministry and sold. Might be able to track back through my records and get replacement parts. I hate to see old ships like that go away. Saw remains of the Jenny Mae on eBay late last year. I bet not many of the "Under 50" crowd know anything about that one! Steve Leonard One of the "Under 50" crown that does! |
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Dear Carl, And the fine pilot, and gentleman who landed to help Paul
is Fred Hermannspan. Carl J. Niedermeyer wrote: In article . com, wrote: Paul Pallmer died last year and his brother, John (509-928-6269), is trying to find a person who would take Paul's old wrecked glider and trailer rather than just selling it all as junk. It is a wrecked aluminum Prue Super Standard 15M glider. It has a trailer,instruments,and literature. Pictures of the glider are available but are not currently attached. The glider hit a post with the wing during an outlanding in the 70's. The fuselage nosed in and bent, breaking Paul's leg. I've also sent this information to the Vintage Sailplane group. I have some pictures. Rudy Allemann Rudy, I'm sorry to hear about Paul Pallmer's passing. Your post brought back some memories. I believe the accident you mention in your post occurred during the Region 8 contest held in Redmond, OR in 1980. By happenstance, another pilot landed in the field next to Paul's at about the same time and administered first aid. We had to move the contest from Ephrata, WA to Redmond, OR that year because of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens which made Ephrata unusable due to the ash. Carl J. Niedermeyer Everett, WA |
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Dear Steve, Send me your e-mail address or should I post the pictures
on rec-av-soaring? Somebody asked where the Prue is: It is in Pasco, Washington (near where the Snake River comes into the Columbia River) This is in area code 509 as is the City of Spokane where John Pallmer lives. Rudy A. |
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Steve Leonard wrote: According to what I remember and see from the 1974 sailplane directory, only the prototype had the magnesium wing skins. The others got more ribs and aluminum skins. There is a picture of it in the Spetember 1965 isue of SOARING. Paul was teh one and only owner of the ship. A few years back the prototype was available for sale. It was stripped and ready to be re-painted. According to landings.com, it is still in Midland, Texas. I got to thinking about this plane again when talking about US gliders that have been to World Championships. The prototype Prue Standard, and the Sisu you all got to see at Ontario, were two of the three to go to Argentina in 1963. Rudy, is ther any chance you could send me copies of the pictures? It is half a continent away, but I might be interested. I watched as the tooling for the Super and a bunch of parts were donated to a ministry and sold. Might be able to track back through my records and get replacement parts. I hate to see old ships like that go away. Saw remains of the Jenny Mae on eBay late last year. I bet not many of the "Under 50" crowd know anything about that one! Steve Leonard One of the "Under 50" crown that does! Hello folks, I am the one who purchased the tooling and parts from the ministry. The 2005 model Super Standard is about 90% complete and I would be interested in seeing the pictures and maybe purchasing the salvage. Thanks Clark Hinds Memphis, TN |
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