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aerokurier 8/2000 The example of North Rhine-Westphalia It is seldom the case that state initiatives in the area of General Aviation have
deserved any praise – at any rate from the point of view of GA. In fact one might
even wonder whether there had ever been such a case. Runway on the River Spree One of the attractions awaiting visitors to Germany's capital city is distinctly unusual: it is now possible to take off from the River Spree for sightseeing flights over the city with the "Duck zero one". From the water? That's right. "Duck zero one" is a Cessna 206 on floats and the only hydroplane in Berlin to be operated by Air Service Berlin for tourist flights. The popular aircraft is moored at Treptower Park, and it is not just the pilots who enjoy this new flying experience. Katana with Mid-West Wankel AE110 The Mid-West company from Egelsbach has installed a twin-rotor Wankel on a Katana DA20.
Equipped with suction pipe injection, the compact unit has a power output of 105hp. The
basic engine is already certified under JAR-E, but now the injection system needs to be
JAR-certified as well. This could happen in 2001. Successful maiden flight of Akaflieg Munich's Mü 30 The Mü 30 Schlacro received its premiere in Königsdorf in the middle of June when
Akaflieg (academic flying group) Munich presented its ambitious powered aircraft project
in flight for the first time. The 300hp bolide is designed for use as an aerobatic
aircraft with the additional capability of towing gliders. New MCR 4S four-seater derivative On 14 June Christophe Robin's new four-seater low-wing MCR 4S, a derivative of the MCR
01 two-seater, had its maiden flight in Dijon-Darois. By the middle of July the prototype
had already clocked up 50 hours of flight trials. The common ground between the MCR 01 and
the MCR 4S comes to an astonishing 75%. Helicopter for the 21st century At the 22nd Helicopter Forum in Bückeburg experts discussed the future prospects of the rotorcraft under the theme "The future does not stand still". According to a study by the University of Maryland in collaboration with NASA (presented by George Price), it is only in the last five years that serious improvements for the efficient and economic use of helicopters have begun to make themselves felt. Flying in southern Africa Stellenbosch in the Cape Province of South Africa was the departure point and destination for Gerhard Obernosterer and three friends who together flew through southern Africa in a Piper PA-28. They flew over the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, the Etosha Pan, the Okavango, the Victoria Falls and the Cape of Good Hope. As most of the airfields in this part of the world are on high plateaux and their density altitude is not infrequently 7,000 to 8,000ft, the pilots had to always calculate their take-off weight extremely accurately. Taylorcraft BC-12-D Taylorcrafts have always stood in the shadow of the highly successful Piper Cubs. David Deiss owns a Taylorcraft and has made the leap from model builder to private pilot in an unconventional way. He blames his experience as a passenger on a 1946-built BC-12-D. The consequences were predictable: the single-engined veteran aircraft impressed Deiss so much that he then bought the plane off his friend along with the necessary training, as Deiss did not have a licence. Landing after-hours What happens if a pilot lands on an airfield after the official opening times? We confronted the regional administration of Düsseldorf with a fictitious flight and asked them to treat the flight as if it were genuine. We were eager to know what the "judgement" of the authority would be on this matter. They accepted that landing after-hours might be necessary on grounds of safety, but we felt that the DM1,000 fine on the grounds of gross negligence was a bit steep and hard to understand. Meteorology: interpretation of soundings Measurement of changes in temperature, or soundings, can tell one a lot more about the
stratification of the atmosphere and the resulting weather than one might think. Accident analysis: "life-saving" equipment proved a time bomb The automatic release of the emergency parachute in the cockpit of a Pilatus Porter resulted in the death of two pilots. While the pilot was wearing a compact emergency parachute, the co-pilot had a training parachute on which was fitted with an activated emergency reserve. As the Porter descended through 300m, losing altitude at a rate of over 13m/s, after dropping off some parachutists, the reserve suddenly deployed. The co-pilot was pulled out of the rear door of the aircraft by the energy of the parachute opening. The parachute got caught in the empennage and tore off parts of it, following which the Porter could no longer be controlled and crashed. Aircraft report: the new Dynamic A new high-performance ultralight aircraft has been announced. The new WT9 Dynamic
could put the competition into the shade. The WT9 Dynamic ultralight aircraft which Rudolf
Schäfer, head of Ikarusflug, is launching on the German market is clearly aimed at taking
the lead in the performance leagues for this class. New smart ultralight engine soon to be airborne After more than a year of trials, the 55hp three-cylinder engine from the
"smart" city car is finally poised for its market launch as a powerplant for
ultralights. B & F is the first manufacturer to offer the modern turbo-engine for the
FK 9 MK II. Light, quiet and environmentally friendly with advanced technology. German ultralight championships The 15th German Ultralight Championships, held between 22 and 24 June in Kulmbach, produced three exciting competition days. The suspense was kept up right through to the finish. Twelve three axis teams, 14 trikes and 7 powered paragliders competed in their classes. After three navigation flights and two precision landing competitions the competition experts took up their place on the platform once again. Heinz Korella (partnered by Walter Wolfram) defended the title he had won the previous year in the two-seater three axis class, while Jan took the title in the one-seater class. German Open Class Championships Wolf-Dietrich Herold, who took part in the German Championships in Mengen from 28 May to 11 June in his ASW 22 "1E" and, despite a wing span handicap (22m), obtained the best score on one of the days, reports from the Open Class. (Results Open Class ) Way ahead of the pack in the LS8/18 In the 18m class competition at the German Championships, Mengen, Claus Triebel caused quite a sensation with his standard class LS8 aircraft which had been stretched into an18m wingspan: not only did he manage to keep up with the fastest flapped aircraft, but he won convincingly as well. He finished the competition a good 100 points ahead of Bernd Gauger's LS6-18w, of which the Rolladen Schneider RS LS8/18 was a derivative. In third place came Martin Staiger, flying a pure glider (DG-800S). (Results 18 m Class) Club Class SPECIAL The Club Class SPECIAL event in Weissenburg, which had a very good entry, was
accompanied by very difficult weather conditions, but the numerous competitors rated it a
great success. High-tech launch machine It had to be reliable and at the same time enable automatically controlled launches.
These were the requirements which the Aukrug Flying Club drew up for the new launch winch
which the members planned to build themselves while keeping the costs down. Alarming decline of gliding (part 3) What are the reasons for the decline in the number of active glider pilots, a phenomenon which is affecting gliding all around the world? How can the trend be arrested? Fred Weinholtz presents the views of John Roake, New Zealand, (aerokurier 6/2000) in relation to gliding as it is organised in Europe.
Aerosports successes: international comparisons Germany is one of the biggest and most successful aerosports nations of the world.
Internationally, the seven specialist aerosports groups represented in the Deutscher Aero
Club (DAeC) are always among the front runners both in the European and world
championships. DAeC chronicle: strength from unity It was on 4 August 1950 that the umbrella organisation of aerosportsmen in Germany, the
Deutscher Aero Club (DAeC), was founded in Gersfeld/Rhön. The sporting specialities in the Deutscher Aero Club What does flying mean? In the Deutscher Aero Club it is practised in a wide variety of forms, with seven different types of aerosport united under the one umbrella organisation. We introduce the seven aerosports specialities. Start of the new era of gliding Two months after gliding was allowed once again, the "Rhön 1951" became the first big flying festival in the history of the Deutscher Aero Club. A newspaper report from those days describes the mood and provides an overview of the licensing system and the gliders that were available at that time. Interview: more lobbying work and more effective clubs needed The Deutscher Aero Club looks towards the future without forgetting the past. DAeC President Wolfgang Weinreich spoke to aerokurier about problems and prospects for aerosports. |
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