Ian I bought it when I lived in WA with a partner Gary Evans about 1982. It was a gorgeous aircraft to fly. Soon after buying it we discovered problems with the elevator hinge point where it attaches to the tailplane. The aircraft was grounded pending an investigation into the work that had been done on this area. I subsequently left WA and the aircraft was later sold to (I think) the airforce cadets unit located at Pearce. I was told that a well intentioned repairer amputated the tail/fin assembly at the fuselage which made it uneconomical to repair and it was then made into a display.
Fact or fiction I was fond of that aircraft and would be interested to know where it ended up. Regards John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patching Sent: Monday, 25 July 2005 9:30 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliders in WA museum Mike, No, it wasn't GFG. The Narrogin Skylark was spectacularly written off, thats for sure. (Its rudder still exists on the hangar wall). GFG came into Australia imported in an unfinished state. It required covering and painting. There were a few slingsby gliders imported that way in the 1950's. It was bought by a syndicate of VMFG members including Jack Iggulden, Alan Patching, Rupert Brown, Derek Reid and Gordon Mc Donald. It flew for many years with them and was then sold to the VMFG . It almost ended the same way as the Narrogin Skylark when it kited up behind a Tiger Moth tipping the Tiger onto its nose. It was sold to Sydney Tech in the mid 60's who embarked on remodelling it by lowering the wing ,changing the nose and canopy and fitting a retractable wheel. It then went through a variety of owners ending up in WA with the ATC. 3 Skylark 2's were imported, Narrogins was originally owned by Merv Waghorn. Another was GRB which was owned by a syndicate from the GCV. It still exists in Brisbane in a damaged state and I consider it will not be possible to repair it to airworthiness again due to some dubious repairs. It could be made into a static display and of course GFG. Trust this helps clear things up. Cheers Ian P. KPST ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Borgelt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring inAustralia." <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliders in WA museum > At 08:25 PM 25/07/05 +1000, you wrote: >>John and Redmond, >>Bull Creek does have the Gull 1 and the Kingy. The glider that you think >>is >>strutted could be the Grunau 2 ex syndicate in WA who were going to >>donate >>the glider to the AGM and for some reason it just went to Bull Creek. From >>what I have been told there was some thought in the gliders at Bull creek >>being moved to the AGM once they have a site. We can only hope this will >>happen. John your old skylark, and my dads, has dissappeared. The rego is >>now on a H-36 Dimona, somewhat ironically with a VMFG member, given the >>history of the original GFG. >>It would be good to find the remains of GFG, I understand it was together, >>and was to be restored but it just didn't happen. >> >>Cheers >>Ian Patching >>KPST > > If GFG was blue with orange wingtips it was owned by Narrogin Gliding Club > and written off in 1971 in a launch accident. I flew it once. > > Mike > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > Int'l + 61 429 355784 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22/07/2005 _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
