GLIDING INTERNATIONAL ISSUE MARCH 2016
The March issue goes in the mail as I write and your copy should be with you within the next week. Meantime, we are able to announce that our planned Digital Issue will start with the May 2016 issue and the subscription is a fraction of the hard copy airmailed issue which continues as normal. (See our web page for details). The March issue is another great 64 page issue. The March 2016 cover features the new Ventus. It has successfully completed its first test flight. Price has not yet been announced. As Bernd Weber, C.O. at Schempp-Hirth tells us "the first flight was entirely flawless² and the sailplane is a Ventus (Not a Ventus three - just - Ventus). Bernd says the Ventus flies better than expectations and they are very proud of the end result!" The feature story (by one of our special writers Aldo Cernezzi) is about his visit to the HpH factory. Take it from us, HpH is no cottage industry and you are going to be amazed at the line-up of available sailplanes and the world spread of their deliveries. A really great story with exceptional art work and photos. (Their long awaited two seater will fly in December the price and performance for this sailplane is going ³to rock² the sport.) Elke Fuglsang-Petersen again excels, revealing the exceptional performance of an American Pilot, Ramy Yanetz. His flights over the Western side of the USA were amazing, likewise his photography. You will really enjoy this article. The long awaited official accident report on the ASH25 EB28 in Namibia in November 2014 has finally been released. The two-seater broke up in mid-air, but there is an underlying cause for this - one you would not suspect. The report is reprinted in full just as released. It has taken IGC over 12 months to complete an in-depth analysis of vital world soaring statistics. This report is illuminating. It shows a concerning picture - especially when you compare it with the statistics of 10 years ago. Another first for Gliding International. Bet you didn¹t realise that there were seven brothers and sisters in the Wright family. Tom Knauff has put pen to paper to write about them. We also publish a story on Percy Sinclair Pilcher. He could have beat the Wright Brothers into the air by several years. Mid-air collisions continue to be a source of serious accidents. Do you ever think about the possibilities? Read up on this story. We found a story originally written in 1968 about soaring on the West Coast of USA (Oroville) involving the genius Cloyd Artman. . The illustrating art work also drawn in 1968 is exceptional. The story has a human touch, humour and facts and certainly worthy of the space it occupies in this issue. We publish a fantastic picture of a sailplane soaring against the skyscrapers of Dubai. A first! Dr Rick Agnew (an Australian) visits Argentina and Patagonia almost every year. He puts you in the picture about what you can expect, how to get there and where you should base your trip. He supports his story with the most remarkable wave pictures you have yet seen. This story takes pride of place in the March issue. All this plus 36 other stories that will educate and inform. As we have said before - our best issue yet! We hope you will join us. JOHN ROAKE EDITOR. NEW (or RENEWING) SUBSCRIBERS CAN EASILY EFFECT A SUBSCRIPTION BY GOING TO OUR WEB PAGE www.glidinginternational.com <http://www.glidinginternational.com>
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