I think that's right, Peter. I was at Waikerie
in early 1970 and saw Martin Simons with XX then
and I think it was very new then. AFAIK XC and XX came in together.
Mike
At 09:32 PM 11/27/2017, you wrote:
Some facts on GXC from present owner, taken from
the log book and other documentation.
He hasn't got the facts right.
It was built in West Germany 1969.
Very first test flight in Germany 49 minutes on 27/10/1969 by H MULLER
Next test flight in Narromine 2 hours 40 minutes on 24/12/1969 by W GIESLER
From: Noel Roediger
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 12:01 PM
To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia.' ; 'Ron Sanders' ; 'Gliding Australia Forum'
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] History
The first two Kestrels came to Aus.in late 67
just in time for the Nats that were held in Narromine.
XC was owned by a syndicate based at Bathurst
and XX was owned by Martin Simons, later
purchased by the WGC where it still resides but is privately owned.
XC was purchased by TT in 68 and he shipped him
to Vrsac Yugoslavia - for the 1970 Worlds.
Of note, both these aircraft had balsa cores
instead of the foam we are now used to. During
the first winter the balsa absorbed moisture and
the wing surface clearly showed the balsa
planks. The only real cure was to store the
aircraft in a warm and dry environment.
After Tony sold XC to an Adelaide based
syndicate disaster very nearly occurred. Towards
the end of winter they noticed the surface
distortions and proceeded to sand them out only
to find the distortions re-appeared as
indentations as summer progressed. Fortunately
the smoothing had not touched the glass and a
coat of primer/surfacer and further sanding restored the profile.
Another interesting sailplane that arrived about
the same time was an FK3 imported by Trevor Kyle
and to be flown by John Rowe in the
Nats. Unfortunately it did not have sufficient
documentation to permit it to be flown. Later it
was granted a Permit to Fly but after one
suffered a mid-flight structural failure VFW
recalled it to Europe where it and other survivors were destroyed.
Noel
From: Aus-soaring
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Brookman
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 10:08 AM
To: 'Ron Sanders'; 'Gliding Australia Forum';
'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] History
XC now lives at Bordertown, owned by Adam Howell
who purchased it from me. Previous to that was
owned by Paul Bart ,DDSC., was at Murray Bridge
(Pallamana) at one time. Tony T, owned it I
guess from new in early 1970âs and flew in World Comps , Italy (i think).
Peter Brookman
From: Noel Roediger
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 9:23 AM
To: 'Ron Sanders' ; 'Gliding Australia Forum' ;
'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] History
Tony Tabart in XC
From: Ron Sanders [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 8:21 AM
To: Gliding Australia Forum; Discussion of
issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: [gfaforum] History
Who was the first Australian to achieve a day win in world competitions?
Ron
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