The club's Twin Astir 'JW
Our 2-seater glider used for all training and trial flights. JW is also great
performer for XC and in our brisk wave
conditions. She thermals well and is fun to fly solo. LD is 38. Equiped with
oxygen.
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Pete's LS3 'LP
Rolladen-Schneider LS3a (Germany). First produced in 1978. A good performing
genuine 40:1 glider with water
ballast and flaps. A total of 358 LS3's were produced, there are many examples
of this popular glider in NZ.
This pic shows LP over Roxburgh on a weak westerly wave day.
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John's PIK-20 'KG
Very yellow! Made in Finland in 1975. The PIK-20 and 20B have no airbrakes but
instead have large flaps which can be set from -8 deg (speed cruise) to +90 deg
(for landing). A
motorized version (PIK-20e) is a very popular. A 17m version
(PIK-30e) was also built. The are hundreds of PIK-20's worldwide including in NZ
two '20s, some 20e and 30e.
Heaps more info on John's PIK
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Pik20 'KG and Cirrus 'HY from 'LP
Pete snapped this as we played about in gentle wave over Lake Ohau.
Kerry Jackson flies his lovely Cirrus HY, John is in yellow PIK20 'KG.
Kerry is our club's glider Engineer and normally
flies with South Canterbury club.
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Ross's Hornet 'KJ
The H206 Hornet is pretty similar to other Standard class gliders of
the period. LD is 38:1, plus it has excellent trailing edge airbrakes.
The wings feature auto-connecting controls and are
similar to the Libelle series.
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