Geez Louise, you are a dark horse Mr. Ashford, is there any other skeletons in the closet.. Regards JR OPST ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:42 PM Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Gliders in WA museum
> 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 > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
