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FOR SALE
Skylark 4, Very good condition, standard panel with radio,
good metal trailer, 2 man rigging aids £3500. Call Trevor
Moss, Tel 01295 720744
Skylark 3F salvage for rebuild, £400. D.C.Phillips Tel
01214303777
The only airworthy Harbinger, two-seater, 18 metre
vintage sailplane by famous designers and capable of good
cross country pelformance. Complete with instruments, metal
trailer, original log book and full historic record. 12 months
C.of A. £7250 or near offer. Tel Austen 0161 487 4522 or
Geoff 0 1709 369678.
Tyres 600x4, used (but still almost as new) suitable for
Slingsby Capstans etc. Tel- Keith Slay. Tel: (0) 128-482-7166.
Bungees. The Swiss Oldtimer Glider Club wishes to sell: I
Glider Launching Rope (Butlgee). complete with pulling
ropes and Four 3/4" (19mm) diameter elastic ropes, each 23
metres long. Made up in the UK during 1994. Contact: Wilh
Fahrni, Sanatoriurnstr.24, CH-823& WALD, Switzerland. Fax:
+41 55 246 52 20.The above information was received from
Willi Schwarzenbach during the end of February 2000.
Kranich 2B-2 and its wooden trailer. The Kral'lich was
built by Mraz in Bohemia in 1943 and it has been stored sheltered
in its trailer, which itself has been covered in a shed. It
is believed that the glider is still in good condition but still
needs its canopy covering and hs wings. tail1plane, elevator
and rudder fabric covered. Offers to : Mike Russell, The Old
School, 80 Holt Road, Field Dallin, NR25 7LE. Te!: 01328­
830518. (The Kranich 2b-2 is BGA 1147 and it was brought
to England by the RAF from Germany, together with two
others in 1963, for sale to civilians. It had been in RAF use
since 1945. In Britain, it bad the RAFGSA No. 215.) Constructor's
No. is "821. Although, we state above tnat it was built
by Mmz, it is recorded as having been built by Schleichers in
"British Gliders", the Merseyside Avation Society Publication
by Phil Butler. If this is so, this is another firm building
Kranich 2s in Germany, which ,is not recorded by German
wartime production, or planned production information which
we have received.
EoN Olympia 2B BGA 1692, Works No. 120, which was
assembled in 1959. Its empty weight is 454 Ibs. It will have a
C of A but has no trailer. Offers to Martin Breen, The Old Post
Office, Amersham Road, Hazlemere, Bucks. HP J5 7PY. Tel:
01494-535005.
ZLlN 125 Sohaj registered in Belgium. It is a 15 metre
span 1949 Czech sailplane with a max.LJD of I:27. It is no
relation to a Meise/Olympia. It has a broken canopy, the wings
are in a bad state and it needs a complete restoration. Price:
20,000 Belgian fr. or 3,500 French fr. Offers to Henrard
Firmin, rue de Porcheresse 11, 5361 Mohiville/Hamois, La
Belgique.
He also has a Scheibe Zugvogel3B 1964, immaculate, new
fabric, well equipped with LX 1000. Sold with aluminium
trailer, Belgian C of A and registered. 240000Bfr or
400000FF.
Gliding Magazines: Gliding (5 editions, 1951-53 incomplete
set); Sailplane & Gliding, small format (54 editions
1959-73 incomplete set); Sailplane & Gliding, large format
(42 editions 1978-95 incomplete set); Soaring, from USA (185
editions 1980-95 complete set). For full listing or offers phone
or e-mail Pete Harmer 0127631971 or jillandpete@harmertomh.freeserve.co.
uk
EoN Olympia built in 1949. Owned by Royal Verviers
Aviation. Ready to fly and located on the private airfield of
Theux-Verviers, Belgium. This glider is no longer of interest
to the older pilots and the club is too respectful of the Oly to
a.\low the young ones to fly il. It was towed across the Channel
by a 65HP Piper Cub. Paul Bourgard Tel Belgium 32 87 524
KA6CR First flight 1959. Radio, electl'ical "ario & usual
instruments. Time expired parachute. Glass fibre trailer. Glider
owned by professional aircraft repairer who lacks the time to
fly tl,is glider which might need some work. DM8500.
COlltact Werner Brombacher. Tel Germany 07721 26842 or
07702 5480. Fax 07721 28760
WANTED
Tailp,lane and Port (Left) wing for a Weihe to help with
restoration project. D.C.Phillips see below,
Fuselage for a Slingsby T218 D.C.PhiHips Tel 0121 430
3777
Production Figures fOl' Condors built by the finn Bley
Flugzeugbau G.M.B.H.
Production Figures for Condor 2s by the firm Sportflugzeugbau
Weimar, Schmidt and K,laus fmm 1935.
Production figures for MU 13 D-I and D-2 .from 1938 by
the firm Schwarzwald Flugzeugbau Donaueschingen.
Plioduction figures for the Mu 17 which were built by the
Flugtechnische Fertigungsgemeinschaft Prag during wartime.
This information will be most gratefu:Hy received by C.Wills,
"Wings", The Street, Ewelme, Oxon OXIO 6HQ, England.
Tel: 01491-839245. Fax. 01491-825121.
Front Cover. Heirvich Baller's Bergfalke D-//67 starling a
winch lallnch al Tondern lasl year
Rear Cover. HUtter 28-3 hOlnebuilt by the late Earl DL(ffin
seen flying at Oberschleisheim
Published by:
The Vintage Glider Club
Wings
The Street
Ewelme
axon OXIO 6HQ
Tel: 01491 839245
Editor:
Graham Ferrier
41 Oakdale Road
Downend
Bristol
BSl66DS
Tel: 0117 9490 509
E-mail: graham@ ferrier73. freeserve.co. uk
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