The glider Ron is referring to, is the GP14 Velo http://www.gpgliders.com/ , which is still under construction as far as I know, and nothing to do with the Diana 2.
The Diana 2 is type certified, as of last year. https://www.easa.europa.eu/system/files/dfu/TCDS_A_451_SZD-56_Diana_issue_02.pdf The 13.5m Diana 2 "Versus" exists and is almost certainly the best 13.5m glider. Beres Bogumił, the man behind the Diana 2 passed away earlier in the year. What happened after that is a bit murky, but my understanding is the assets were sold to SZD (there's multiple SZD's, it's confusing), who is once again producing the Diana 2, and *allegedly* producing one with a fuselage that has lower angle of attack on the ground, and an 18m stretch. On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Tom & Kerrie Claffey <[email protected]> wrote: > Nope, > The Versus (13.5M experimental version of Diana2) was flown by Stefano > Giorgio who won the first 13.5M WGC in it. The glider Sebastian was going > to fly, but they ran out of time, is a different, all new glider. > Since then the 13.5 M class is supposed to go electric self launch. > I think the 15M Diana 2 is soon out of the WGC due to time from prototype > to certification. > (There is some limit) > Having seen a few of them I would not own one, talk to Mak. > > Tom > ... > > On Saturday, 17 September 2016, Ron Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey guys out there, >> >> Anyone know what is happening with the Diana 2 these days?? >> >> Last i heard was a 13.5 metre version was gonna be flown by Sebastian >> Kawa at some GP thing and it didn't make it. >> >> Ron >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gliding Australia Forum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/gl >> idingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. >> > > > -- > Sent from my steam driven laptop in a dusty corner of some remote airfield! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gliding Australia Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ > glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. >
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