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Most numerous sailplane type and model in the world?
Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the
most numerous in the world and in the USA? Bill Snead |
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Most numerous sailplane type and model in the world?
On Feb 3, 9:42*pm, " wrote:
Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the most numerous in the world and in the USA? Bill Snead Non-military the Grunau Baby is the most build, with maybe over 5000 build. The LET L-13 Blanik should be around 2700, the most build glass ship should be the LS 4 with some 1050 build, the most build glider still in production must be the Schempp-Hirth Discus with supposedly over 850 build to date. The Discus CS, identical to the Discus B, is still in production for SH in the Czech Republik. Markus Graeber |
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On Feb 3, 10:19*pm, Markus Graeber wrote:
On Feb 3, 9:42*pm, " wrote: Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the most numerous in the world and in the USA? Bill Snead Non-military the Grunau Baby is the most build, with maybe over 5000 build. The LET L-13 Blanik should be around 2700, the most build glass ship should be the LS 4 with some 1050 build, the most build glider still in production must be the Schempp-Hirth Discus with supposedly over 850 build to date. The Discus CS, identical to the Discus B, is still in production for SH in the Czech Republik. Markus Graeber SZD 48 Jantar St..........with 677 build |
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Most numerous sailplane type and model in the world?
On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:55:40 -0800, RRK wrote:
On Feb 3, 10:19Â*pm, Markus Graeber wrote: On Feb 3, 9:42Â*pm, " wrote: Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the most numerous in the world and in the USA? Bill Snead Non-military the Grunau Baby is the most build, with maybe over 5000 build. The LET L-13 Blanik should be around 2700, the most build glass ship should be the LS 4 with some 1050 build, the most build glider still in production must be the Schempp-Hirth Discus with supposedly over 850 build to date. The Discus CS, identical to the Discus B, is still in production for SH in the Czech Republik. Markus Graeber SZD 48 Jantar St..........with 677 build Around 1000 ASW-20s were built, including B and C models. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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On Feb 5, 7:20*am, Martin Gregorie
wrote: On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:55:40 -0800, RRK wrote: On Feb 3, 10:19*pm, Markus Graeber wrote: On Feb 3, 9:42*pm, " wrote: Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the most numerous in the world and in the USA? Bill Snead Non-military the Grunau Baby is the most build, with maybe over 5000 build. The LET L-13 Blanik should be around 2700, the most build glass ship should be the LS 4 with some 1050 build, the most build glider still in production must be the Schempp-Hirth Discus with supposedly over 850 build to date. The Discus CS, identical to the Discus B, is still in production for SH in the Czech Republik. Markus Graeber SZD 48 Jantar St..........with 677 build Around 1000 ASW-20s were built, including B and C models. -- martin@ * | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org * * * |- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Would it be possible that the owners of a numerous sailplane design could move ahead one design racing without involvement of current establishment (IGC, FAI, SSA, ect}. Could the owners form an assoication and sponsor competitons in interesting locations (central an western USA, Argentina, Australia, Slovakia) ? Bill Snead |
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On Feb 5, 8:54*am, " wrote:
On Feb 5, 7:20*am, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:55:40 -0800, RRK wrote: On Feb 3, 10:19*pm, Markus Graeber wrote: On Feb 3, 9:42*pm, " wrote: Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the most numerous in the world and in the USA? Bill Snead Non-military the Grunau Baby is the most build, with maybe over 5000 build. The LET L-13 Blanik should be around 2700, the most build glass ship should be the LS 4 with some 1050 build, the most build glider still in production must be the Schempp-Hirth Discus with supposedly over 850 build to date. The Discus CS, identical to the Discus B, is still in production for SH in the Czech Republik. Markus Graeber SZD 48 Jantar St..........with 677 build Around 1000 ASW-20s were built, including B and C models. -- martin@ * | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org * * * |- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Would it be possible that the owners of a numerous sailplane design could move ahead one design racing without *involvement of current establishment (IGC, FAI, SSA, ect}. *Could the owners form an assoication and sponsor competitons in interesting locations (central an western USA, Argentina, Australia, Slovakia) ? Bill Snead Bill: I've always thought this was a good idea to follow when discussing one design racing. Maybe one could even pit the various manufacturers against each other to be named the one design and in return they would sponsor a racing series (either nationally or internationally). Tim EY |
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Most numerous sailplane type and model in the world?
On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 06:54:56 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: Would it be possible that the owners of a numerous sailplane design could move ahead one design racing without involvement of current establishment (IGC, FAI, SSA, ect}. Could the owners form an assoication and sponsor competitons in interesting locations (central an western USA, Argentina, Australia, Slovakia) ? Sure - the French have an ASK-13 competition, and the Germans had Duo Discus competitions for at least 15 years... Andreas |
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Most numerous sailplane type and model in the world?
On Feb 3, 8:42*pm, " wrote:
Does anyone know what active type, make and model of sailplane is the most numerous in the world and in the USA? Bill Snead A quick look at the N# registry (I know its an imperfect snapshot at times) shows: ASW-20 (all models) @135 ASW-27/29 @117 Std Libelle @108 Ventus @95 Discus @90 Ventus 2 @80 Std Citrrus @80 I was a bit shocked at the low numbers of some types of gliders here in the U.S. EY |
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At 14:18 04 February 2011, Tim wrote:
Bill Snead A quick look at the N# registry (I know its an imperfect snapshot at times) shows: ASW-20 (all models) @135 ASW-27/29 @117 Std Libelle @108 Ventus @95 Discus @90 Ventus 2 @80 Std Citrrus @80 I was a bit shocked at the low numbers of some types of gliders here in the U.S. C'mon, guys, you're overlooking the obvious. From the same source, all models of the 1-26: 521 Of course, it's a snailplane, not a sailplane, but still . . . Jim Beckman |
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On Feb 4, 9:10*am, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 14:18 04 February 2011, Tim wrote: Bill Snead A quick look at the N# registry (I know its an imperfect snapshot at times) shows: ASW-20 (all models) @135 ASW-27/29 @117 Std Libelle @108 Ventus @95 Discus @90 Ventus 2 @80 Std Citrrus @80 I was a bit shocked at the low numbers of some types of gliders here in the U.S. C'mon, guys, you're overlooking the obvious. *From the same source, all models of the 1-26: 521 Of course, it's a snailplane, not a sailplane, but still . . . Jim Beckman Mea Culpa. I LOVE the 1-26 as a sailplane. However, I made a biased assumption... Tim EY |
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