FLYING FASCINATION

Flying is simply fascinating.This fascination lives through pictures made from those magnificent machines that enable people to fly. Shots out of the cockpit will be a remembrance of great flights. (mouseclick to one of the minis and take a look at the big JPEG-versions).

There is a new top model in Robin's DR line. The DR500 Président comes with a 200 hp Lycoming and a cockpit which offers more room. In comparison with the DR400 Regent the Président will be faster.
 

With new materials and new technologies to new horizons: A big open class glider with a span of more than 30 m is growing in Braunschweig, Germany. The  project is financed by small group of glider enthusiasts. It is called eta, like the greek letter, in physics the term for efficiency.  Development and construction is on time, and there is a good chance that eta can participate in the next World Gliding Championships in Bayreuth, Germany (details).
 

The well-known ultralight FK9 is now flying also in a plastic-reinforced version (Mark 3). The differences between FK9 Mark II and its new sister model are listed in aerokurier 1/98.
 

Zenair's CH2000 is heading for Europe. The  very light aircraft (VLA) is an all-metal construction which resembles very much to an older Robin model. People familiar with these types of aircraft wouldn't be surprised. In former times, designer Chris Heintz, now a Canadian resident, was member of the Robin design team in France.