Thanks John Is there any chance of a pdf of the HpH story for the HpH websites in Oz/UK/USA and the factory. Placement would of course credit GI Cheers Rob Izatt Glidermania Australia
On 18/08/2014, at 11:07 AM, John Roake wrote: > THE SEPTEMBER 2014 ISSUE OF > GLIDING INTERNATIONAL > > > Our subscribers continued to tell us we produce the best ever gliding > magazine. Thumbs up all round. It has been great to receive reader’s > complimentary emails. The September issue goes in the mail next week. > Expect it in your mail box by August 29. > > The issue covers over 50 new absorbing topics for yet another coffee table > issue. The photos alone make it a ‘must have’ issue. > > • The authorative soaring journalist, Elk Fuglasang-Petersen (Germany) > writes for Gliding international about the trail blazing flights of Gordon > Boettger who perfected how you should fly downwind of a wave structure. She > records Gordon’s latest flight from Minden in Nevada to Hulet in Wyoming. > The photograph series is unbelievable. > > • Aldo Cernezzi, a regular feature writer for Gliding International has > written about his perspective of the recent World Championships in Finland. > Aldo flew his Duo Discus in the two seater class, but without success. It > definitely was a ‘different’ contest. > > • Aldo has an added feature this issue with a second article. He visited the > Shark factory on his way home to Italy from Finland. HpH Ltd (Shark) are > based in the Czech Republic and are in the middle of designing a new 20 metre > two seater which should fly within the next nine months. Aldo talks about > the factory and their five axis milling machine that produces perfection > moulds that other manufacturers cannot equal. A very interesting story indeed. > > • The first 13.5 metre World Championship is now less than 12 months away. > We look at the I.G.C. class structure for championships and declare it to be > a total mess. A debatable subject you can learn more about and express your > own views on. > > • Schleicher’s new two seater, the ASG 32 competed in the World > Championships in Finland and produced a creditable third place. It is not > in the Discus - Quintus Class but the two Austrians that flew it declared it > to be a two-seater with a great future. Read more in the September issue. > > • The Germans Aerospace Research Centre supported by some American university > researchers have a fleet of scientifically equipped aircraft in New Zealand > exploring the country’s wave structures. It is to be a five year research > project which must have a rub off for wave soaring everywhere. We are > keeping in touch with the personnel involved to report regularly on this > project. This report on Atmospheric researching of Gravity Waves must > interest every soaring pilot. > > • Heard of the L Band? If not you soon will as GPS goes under the > microscope for an expansion of present systems. Read more in this issue. > > • U.S.A. pilots now have the “Pilot’s Bill of Rights,” which puts a > different slant on FAA enforcement trials. Every country should have a > Pilot’s Bill of Rights. The USA have taken a major lead that all others > should follow. An absolutely absorbing expose. > > • Not an issue goes bye without some updated research announcement on > improvements to battery technology. Leading this quest for more > cheaper/bigger storage lithium-ion batteries is the University of California. > Get your self up to date on what’s coming by reading this issue. > > • Sweden has developed a control tower that is manned 50 miles away from the > actual high traffic airfield itself. This is really interesting. > > • Research on propeller blades for both tow aircraft and motor gliders tells > us shape changes are now inevitable. A new discovery on how the deformation > of propeller blades can be made visible during flight has the promise of > improving performance ten fold. All in this issue. > > • A self contained electric winch mounted on a truck is the latest in winch > launching. Reduces the cost of tows to under $1.00 each. Catch up on this > to examine and look at it for your club. Could bring gliding into the realm > of being available to the masses. > > • Graphene is the ‘Buzz’ word for 2014 and the years ahead. A new material > that is about to revolutionise aviation. Full story in this issue – will > reduce present day costs by 50 to 65 percent. > > • Germany’s Aerospace Centre is throwing big money finding ways of reducing > bugs on the leading edge of wings. They are trying out various new > applications which must certainly provide big advances for gliding. All in > this issue. > > • The United Kingdom’s CAA has been engaging in a war to reduce red-tape and > with major success. They are leading the world in reduced medicals, type > certifications and many other useless rules that have evolved over the years. > A very interesting treatise from our European correspondents. > > • Perlan is back on track with a major sponsor that will ensure the project > flies. > > • Accidents world wide since our last issue: 26 majors, 10 sailplanes > involved in mid airs and 10 fatalities. All detailed in this issue. > > • Plus 35 other stories that will educate and inform. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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