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FEATURE<br />
<strong>Vintage</strong> <strong>Glider</strong> Rally<br />
Muenster and were greeted by the Mayor<br />
in the Friedensaal, the historic hall in the<br />
Rathaus where a peace treaty marking the<br />
end of the Hundred Year War was signed.<br />
All were impressed at the way Muenster,<br />
a town which had been severely hit by<br />
the war, had been reconstructed and<br />
restored in its old style.<br />
The aerial task for the day appeared to<br />
be quite challenging. It consisted in completing<br />
a programmed flight with eight<br />
turning points and in counting the number<br />
of tennis courts visible at each of<br />
these points. Needless to say, it was later<br />
revealed that the Rally organiser was a<br />
keen tennis player. Thanks to very<br />
favourable weather conditions, this<br />
daunting task was accomplished by no<br />
less than ten participants. Ted Hull finished<br />
first in his Kite 1 followed by<br />
Willi Schwarzenbach (S18), Wemer<br />
Tschorn (Weihe) and Jan Venaeer (Slingsby<br />
Prefect) The French C800 2-seater<br />
was able to make a near miraculous landing<br />
on a small strip of short maize.<br />
That evening, the Blackpool and Fylde<br />
Gliding <strong>Club</strong> Syndicate offered a celebration<br />
on their camping site with plenty of<br />
beer and Schnapps for the British, French<br />
and German merrymakers. The Syndicate<br />
<strong>Glider</strong>s and pilots attending the Rally<br />
Pilot Country <strong>Glider</strong> Registration Year<br />
Frei, Jost CH Weihe 50 HB-530 1938<br />
Egger, Peter CH Spalinger S 18 HB-510 1944<br />
Fliss, Georg, CH Spyr Va HB-509 1955<br />
Heinzer, Doris CH DFS Meise HB-384 1945<br />
Notter, René CH Moswey IV HB-522 1950<br />
Roth, Werner und Renz, H.U. CH Spalinger S 19 HB-225 1937<br />
Schwarzenbach, Willi CH Spalinger S 18 II HB-411 1943<br />
Singenberger, Guido CH Moswey III HB-774 1944<br />
Von Arx, Werner CH Minimoa HB-282 1936<br />
Frei Günter D Olympia Meise D-7504 1960<br />
Gross, Eric D Grunau Baby IIb D-5149 1953<br />
Karch, Rainer D Mü 17 D-1717 1961<br />
Kroll, Christian D Cumulus 3f D-6059 1953<br />
Müller, Max D Minimoa D-1163 1938<br />
Rey, Horst-Dieter D Grunau Baby IIb D-1128 1941<br />
Sander, Hans D Standard Libelle D-0082 1968<br />
Scheurer, Hermann D Grunau Baby IIb D-7087 1943<br />
Schmitt, Waldemar D Olympia Meise D-4732 1956<br />
Tschorn, Werner D Weihe 50 D-7080 1958<br />
Walter, Ernst D Mü 13 D Merlin D-6293 1936<br />
Zöller, Adolf D Libelle L10 D-8564 1955<br />
Nuville, Francois F SG 38 F-WRRK<br />
Fulchiron, Didier F Caudron C 800 F-CAZY<br />
Coxon, John GB Minimoa BGA 1897 1937<br />
Fisher, Toby GB Olympia Meise BGA 2080 1962<br />
Hull, Ted GB Slingsby Kite 1 BGA 394 1939<br />
Jones, David GB FVA Rheinland BGA 1711 1939<br />
Morgan, Peter GB EON Baby BGA 629 1948<br />
Morgan, Rodi GB Slingsby Kite II BGA 521 1947<br />
Russell, Francis GB JS Weihe BGA 448 1943<br />
Wills, Chris GB DFS Kranich II BGA 1092 1943<br />
Goossens, J. M. NL Slingsby Prefect PH-193 1951<br />
Siemens, L. NL Sedbergh T 21 B PH-200 1951<br />
Vermeer, J. NL Slingsby Prefect PH-192 1951<br />
VGC News No. 123 Spring 2008 33
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