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aerokurier 2/2000
Homework done When the Year-2000 problems did not occur in the expected extent, not a few people asked whether the problem had been exaggerated beforehand. However, how real the threat of a computer crash actually was, was illustrated by failures which still happened in spite of all the preparations. One example being the loss of the entire power supply in the country of Gambia. Billions were spent worldwide in checking computer systems for their Y2K compatibility. The aerospace industry also invested heavily to avoid the effects of the Millennium bug. The branch made its homework and used its chance to modernize its systems. Aviation took its responsibility serious. The result was a spectacular unspectacular changeover into the year 2000. Flying is pure fascination, especially in an attractive surrounding. You would like an example? Just look at our feature about flying in New York starting on page 6 in the aerokurier issue 2/2000! Roger Ritchie, a brilliant photographer, took these exciting photos. Among them is a panorama photo that is attached to this issue as a large poster. Flying in the Big Apple Everybody’s dream: To once fly along the skyline of Manhattan with a single-engine airplane. You can do exactly that with us. In this aerokurier feature, Patrick Neelmeier describes how it feels when the World Trade Center or the Empire State Building are so close and one has actually to look up to see the top stories of the sky scrapers. The report comes with an extra-wide poster. Its front side shows the skyline of New York and one the rear, there are many useful tips for flying in the New York area. The poster can also be ordered separately. Off course, it is shipped rolled and without the fold. A class of its own: Citation X Cessna’s Citation X has no competition. Other business jets are either bigger or significantly more expensive or much smaller. With its MMO of Mach 0.92, Cessna’s largest twin-jet is faster than any other business jet. At the end of 1999, the Citation X, which is currently listed for 17,5 million dollars, could celebrate the delivery of the 100th aircraft. Meanwhile, two Citations are being operated in Germany. They are based at the Baden Airpark. Bob Grimstead describes how this successful aircraft flies. FASCINATION OLDTIMER Falco F.8.L: Stelio Frati’s Ferrari Wherever it shows up, this low-wing aircraft, which was made in Italy, attracts the views. There is only about a dozen Falcos in Germany. The production ceased in 1968. The aircraft are much loved by their owners. Oliver Barth from Mannheim owns a Falco out of Series 2. He describes what’s so fascinating about this aircraft and how it flies. New runway: Concrete fight in Biberach Since August of 1999, the airfield Biberach has a new concrete runway. But, until it could be finished the local flying club had to fight vigorously for it. Airfield opponents tried up until the very end to stop the airfield expansion. Read in this issue how the people from the Biberach airfield succeeded with the help of the regional industry. Airfield Bielefeld Windelsbleiche: With Service to success Airports are service enterprises. If they adjust to the customer needs, they are successful. Bielefeld is a good example for this. R44 with hydraulic flight control system Again news from the manufacturer of the world’s best-selling helicopters. Torrance, California based Robinson has developed a fine-tuning for the R44: Frank Robinson himself has developed a hydraulic flight control system. The system received German LBA certification in December of 1999. Air Lloyd in Bonn-Hangelar is the first German operator of a R44 that is equipped with the new system. Several pilots could already test the fine and direct flight control system in flight, which significantly reduces the cockpit workload. Virtual Wings: For training and for fun Ottobrunn, Germany based CAT III Systems has designed its Virtual Wings PC-based
trainer specifically for the serious flying training. The current professional version is
available for Windows and for Mac. Microsoft FS 2000 In-time for the new millennium Microsoft is presenting the flight simulator FS 2000. The successor of the FS 98 is very demanding as far as the PC hardware is concerned. This article describes the differences to the FS 98 and also gives tips on how to optimize lower-performance computers for the FS 2000. FLY! Flying, just for fun Fly! – The name of Take 2 Interactive’s PC simulator is its motto. The
program offers fun flying for everybody who is interested in complex aircraft. Flight to Bohemia Bohemia is much closer than one might think. It took Bernhard Koehne and his fellow passengers only two hours to fly from Berlin to Czechia in their Piper Archer. After visiting Karlsbad and Marienbad, the destination of the Bohemian trip was the world-famous beer town Budweis. Wingwalking The acrobat is standing on the wings and is waving while the pilot pulls the Stearman vertically into the sky. This is only one of the effects of the stunning wing-walking show from Eddie Andreini and Anders Brandi. The two of them, who live and work in California, are joint in their devotion for airborne acrobatics without net and harness. Structural icing Whomever flies into clouds or areas with rain during the cold season, can quickly run into icing of the airframe. There are two different forms of ice: rime ice and clear ice. While rime ice is primarily building up on the aircraft frontal parts, clear ice can cover the entire airframe. No matter which of the two a pilot might encounter, aircraft which are not equipped with an anti-icing or de-icing equipment must avoid such conditions. But even aircraft which carry icing protection must be careful, at the latest when severe icing is impending. Karl-Heinz Apel describes the problem extensively in this article. Change of airspace structure: Egelsbach uncontrolled but with CTR Since January 6, 2000, the traffic at Germany’s most frequented General Aviation airfield is ruled by new procedures. This article describes the changes at the Egelsbach airfield. Accident analysis: "Picking up icing, we have problems" A Piper Comanche crashed in the state of Idaho in the USA when flying in bad weather conditions. The IFR-licensed pilot was on his way from Jerome, in the South of Idaho, to Pullman, located in the Eastern part of Washington state, when he entered an area with icing conditions. When the aircraft picked up more and more ice, such deteriorating the flying characteristics, the pilot decided to turn around. However, the decision was too late. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled attitude at 13000 ft. The three occupants had no chance of survival. Super trip with four ultralights Seven ultralight pilots went on a very extraordinary trip. With four aircraft, they flew around the mainland of western Europe, covering a distance of 6400 kilometers. The twelve-day trip left enough time for breaks at the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic coast. Aerostyle: The Breezer is flying Bordelum: On December 27, 1999, the new low-wing Breezer took off for its first flight by Husum. Up until mid-January, the Breezer had accumulated five flight hours. According to Ralf Magnussen, head of the manufacturer Aerostyle, the first flights included already stall tests. Fantasy Air Allegro 200 receives certification Bautzen: With a final checkflight by an expert from Steinbeiß Institute in Stuttgart on December 17, 1999, the Allegro 200 has passed the last step on the way to its type certification. FUTURE 2000 plus: Glide number 100 Rarely do new developments take a straight course. This is especially true when looking at the history of gliding. Every time when the development curve flattened out in respect to both, the technology and the success in sport, and when the performance stagnated, new knowledge about technology and materials generated a performance leap. Looking back at this is raising hopes for the future, especially since we have situation today, again, were progress only seems to come in little steps. Following the almost traditional stepwise development history, a quantum leap in glider technology is arising at the beginning of the new century: a performance increase by 50 percent! New wing profiles that feature extraction of the boundary layer will make this possible. This article reveals what research and industry have already accomplished and how close the vision of a glide number 100 really is. Wave flying in Argentina: Leeward of the Andes A record year in Argentina. With the Mountain Wave Project (MWP), a group of glider pilots and scientists around wave and long-distance expert Klaus Ohlmann started off a search for the long wave leeward of the Andes at the end of 1999. Long wave flights in Argentina
* World record in acceptance process/** third largest flight of the world! Kronfeld Record Past and present: seventy years of glider development in comparison. Robert Kronfeld talks about his 100-kilometer world record. The winner of the Kronfeld memorial prize 1999 in the junior category, Sebastian Huhmann, describes his flight, in which the world record route from back then is only a part of the entire route. The comparison of the two flights nicely illustrates the immense progress in gliding. Robert Kronfeld: My record flight along the Teutoburg Forest Robert Kronfeld (25) talks about his record. On May 15, 1929, he was the first glider pilot to exceed the magic 100-kilometer number. He launched around 10:30 in Bergeshövede, located in the northwestern foothills of the Teutoburg Forest, with a rubber rope, reaching Hornoldendorf, located around 8 kilometers south of the famous Hermanns statue, at 15:55 after 5 hours and 15 minutes flight time. In a straight line he had covered 102 kilometers. With his flight tactical detours he actually flew a total of 145 kilometers. The "Wien": Kronfeld’s record glider The technical data of Kronfeld’s aircraft "Wien" (so called after his birth town Vienna) are significantly different to today’s aircraft. Robert Kronfeld memorial prize In 1979, at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the epoch making record flight from Robert Kronfeld, the Oerlinghausen gliding school for the first time invited to the Robert Kronfeld memorial prize. The rules. Hang gliders on the trail of gliding During the super weather of the summer of 1999, the Berlin hang glider pilot Claus
Gerhard achieved a world record flight of 273 kilometers in the flatland of northern
Germany – such beating Peter Riedel’s gliding world record from 1935. Their
flight routes were in parts identical. Top of Page |
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