FLYING FASCINATION 7/97

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).

MCR 01: The single for two classes. The high-speed twoseater, mainly built in carbon fiber, flies as ultralight as well as VLA. Michel Colomban made the drawings, Christophe Robin, son of the famous Pierre Robin, produces the aircraft in Dijon Darois.
 
About 2000 beautiful veteran aircraft like this Erocoupe visited this year the 40th Merced West Coast Antique Aircraft Fly-in in California.
 
Final glide for a furious finish in St. Auban the site of 25th World Gliding Championships. After nine flying days there were three new World Champions: Gérard Lherm (open class, France), Werner Meuser (racing class, Germany), Jean-Marc Caillard (standard class, France).
 
View out of a TL-232 Condor on final for the runway of Karlovy Vary in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. In the neighbouring country to Germany ultralights are welcome.