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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Above: Ian Dunkley's Skylark 3f, ex Essex Gliding Club, made it's first New Zealand Rally
appearance at Taupo in January. It had it's first NZ flight, a winch launch, on a muddy winter
day last year in the hands of Marc Morley, at Drury, after he completed repairs started by Ian
in the UK. It's second flight, an aerotow this time, on a very hot summers day being reported
in the local press. The Taupo Rally, the best yet, will be reported in the next issue.
International Vintage Glider Rally at
WELS in Austria next July.
News has come from JEZOW via Ian
Dunkley who was there last September.
Although there was no progress on his
FAUVEL AV 22, there has been some on
the Dutch MINIMOA and the Belgian
SPALINGER S.15K, and on their
SALAMANDRA. We believe that the
JEZOW firm is concentrating mainly on
building SP-5 fibre glass high performance
two seaters, for which they have
received some orders from the USA. It
was agreed that the AV 22 would be finished
by next summer’s International
Rally at Wells and that its main fuselage
wing fittings would have to be replaced
due to their being corroded in the humid
conditions of Camp Hill.
LESZEK DANKOWSKI was leading
the vintage glider restoration while
HENRY MYNARSKI was away at an
aeronautical exhibition. Much will
depend on the weather during the winter.
JAN SLODOWSKIi had told us that
the Storks (the Bocians) have already left
wings built on to it because there was no
room for 18 m span wings in the
museum. Its registration was ZK-GAE
but was formerly the machine of
P.A.Wills in Britain registered BGA 433
and G-ALKG during the late 40s and
early 50s. It had been rescued from the
Wasserkuppe, from the Americans, who
said that they were about to burn all the
gliders.
It is also rumoured that an Mg 19
winged STEINADLER will be going to
NZ as well as a FAUVEL AV 22. The
Mg19A will be the first gull-winged
sailplane ever seen in New Zealand.
POLAND.
For a long time we have had no news
from Poland. Now at last we have
received some news from ZBIGNIEW
JEZIERSKI concerning vintage gliders at
Gliwice. The various broken components
of a T.21b which arrived from Camp hill
on a lorry have been gradually repaired and
the fuselage now has a new nose. Work
has continued to repair a wing.
Work on the Gliwice new SALA-
MANDRA has continued. It only now
needs details to finish it. It is very likely
to be ready to take part in next year’s
Right: Mietek Smagacki with the replica
SALAMANDRA which he is helping
construct in SZD Jezow. See seperate
article
16 VGC News No. 123 Spring 2008