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aerokurier 8/2001 Veteran aircraft still going strong The summer months are the peak season of the year as far as the owners of old aircraft
are concerned. They present their lovingly preserved gems at air shows and fly-ins and
meet up to exchange experiences with like-minded others. Pilots of veteran aircraft are
welcome guests at all the air shows. Deutschlandflug 2001 Ninety years ago when the first Deutschlandflug was held in 1911 the reliability of the technology was still the critical issue. Those days are long since past. Today the emphasis in this big rally, which entails flying all over Germany and is organised every two years by the Deutscher Aero Club, is on sports challenge and having a good time. This year the objective was Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Piper Warrior with TAE diesel engine Probably no Piper Warrior in the world has attracted as much public attention as
D-EPAT. From the outside the PA-28-161, built last year, looks no different from its
fellow stablemates of the same type. You would not guess from the noise it makes during
taxiing or flight that a quite special type of power plant is lurking in the engine
compartment. Rather, it is the stickers that arouse one’s curiosity. "Powered by
diesel" they announce. Paris Air Show 2001: surprise from Grob The Paris Air Show is not renowned for its coverage of General Aviation. Nevertheless
surprises from the world of "small" aircraft do regularly occur at the
Aérosalon. This year it was the Grob company that provided the surprises. Grob Luft- und
Raumfahrt, which has expanded to employing a workforce of 160 and has gained impressive
international orders for the two-seater G115 and G120 aircraft, brought its latest
development, the G140TP, along to Paris. This is a four-seater plane with a retractable
undercarriage that is suitable for aerobatics and is offered both as a business aircraft
and as a trainer. It is powered by a Rolls-Royce 250-B17F turboprop engine which provides
a generous 450 shaft horsepower. Business Aviation holding up well Business aviation is not immune to the vagaries of economic cycles either. But fractional ownership programmes are ensuring that order books continue to bulge. Helicopters in Le Bourget The upgrading of air rescue organisations to new, more powerful helicopters and an air race from Mont Blanc to Paris were the major highlights of the helicopter scene at the Paris Air Show 2001. Fuel-level indicator wins praise When a scientist is also a pilot then he knows what aircrew really need. Hans-Jörg Dau has invented a novel type of fuel-level indicator for powered aircraft, which won a prize for innovation. Academic exams plus pilot’s licence They say that what you learn at school prepares one for life. At Rothenburg High School in the Oberlausitz this means your future life as a pilot as well. Here teenagers can gain a pilot’s licence in gliding, powered flight or ultralight, depending on interests, before taking their school-leaving exams,. Type rating on the Boeing 737 Holidays are the time to do something different, like skiing, for example. Or paddling in the sea with one’s children. Or gaining an FAA type rating on a powerful twin-engined aircraft. Helga Kleisny describes what one can expect if one chooses this kind of activity holiday. The type rating for the Boeing 737-200 costs $7,500. As such, it is relatively cheap because the -200 variant comes without Flight Management System (FMS) and without Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS). Training takes two weeks, assuming that everything goes according to plan. However, many hours of theoretical self preparation are required prior to the start of the course. In the cockpit with... Mike Laux He is one of the most successful aircraft salesmen in the world: in the course of his career Mike Laux has found takers for over 450 aircraft, ranging from two-seater single-engined planes through to luxuriously equipped business jets. Born in Remscheid, Laux had originally envisaged a career as a designer. But his love of flying took him to Ganderkesee where in the mid-1980s he acquired a shareholding in Atlas Air Service and turned the company into the authorised German dealer for all Cessna aircraft. Excursion to Burgundy Fancy a little excursion to France? Burgundy is practically on the doorstep from Germany and has a lot to offer. Ludwig Haslbeck’s description of his trip to Beaune will make you want to follow his example. Intercontinental flight with three single-engined aircraft Seven people flew from Rheine in Westphalia to Fes in Morocco with two PA-28’s and one Cessna 172 between them. As spokesman for the party, Heinz-Josef Wiggers has written an account of the trip. It turns out that a prominent role was played on the trip by the white-green jellabah, an Arab garment that Wiggers purchased in Fes. Stinson L-5C "Sentinel" Observation plane, liaison aircraft, air ambulance: the Stinson L-5 was a true
all-round talent. This is also underlined by the chequered history of the only aircraft of
the type to have been certified in Germany. Fitness check for engine and airframe Probably no means of transport is subject to such detailed technical monitoring as an
aircraft. During the 200-hour check on a Cessna 182 we looked over the shoulder of a
licensed aeronautical engineering business and take up the most important points. What do you know about the chemistry of avgas? Would you voluntarily pour a hydrocarbon mixture made out of paraffinic,
cycloparaffinic, aromatic and olefinic hydrocarbons into the tank of your expensive
aircraft? VFR basic knowledge: maintaining heading and altitude In the fourth in our "VFR basic knowledge" series we examine level flight. Aspects covered include: controlling the engine, mixture control, straight-and-level flight, climbing and descending, trimming, skidding, horizontal reference, gliding distance. Accident analysis: stall on approach to emergency landing field The pilot had just left the mainland with two passengers on board and found himself above the Oderhaff en route to Heringsdorf, when the engine of his Mooney M20 J cut out. He decided to make an emergency landing on a nearby meadow that was surrounded by trees. As he turned into the final approach the Mooney stalled, tipped over the right aerofoil and crashed to the ground from an altitude of ten metres. STOL della Italia: MXP-740 V Savannah The Savannah is based on the STOL CH701. And yet it is quite different from the Zenair
STOL aircraft. We flew the Italian MXP-140 Savannah for you. Is it better than the
aircraft on which it is based? Borkum: first island open to ultralights Ultralight aircraft are finally no longer excluded from flying to the westernmost German island in the North Sea. The regional administration of Weser-Ems granted Borkum airfield permission to operate with three axis-controlled ultralights in May. Prior permission (a PPR) is required. Ultralight glider meet at Wasserkuppe Anyone who has no hesitation about wanting to experience a fly-in with a
difference will have the opportunity between 29 July and 5 August. During that week the
Deutscher Ultraleicht-Segelflugverband (German ultralight gliding association, DULSV) will
be holding its international convention for ultralight gliders on Wasserkuppe Mountain. World championships in Spain In the 18m and world class sailing world championships, success eluded the German team
in a tight finish. On the penultimate day Bernd Gauger, flying an LS6-18w, was within
reach of the world championship title. Commercial pilot Bernd Gauger had already won the
pre-world championships 2000 in Lillo, a village with a population of 3,000 and a brand
new airfield, approximately 100km to the south of Madrid. And the prelude to the world
championships could not have gone any better: right on the first day he took the lead with
the best daily score. But then a bad tactical decision resulted in his slipping back to
11th place. ETA: flying in the biggest glider around With wings almost vertical the aircraft flies tight spirals through the sky. On board
the biggest glider in the world for the first time, gliding seems to have little in common
with one’s previous experience. Block championships in Lüsse Despite some adverse weather, contestants at the block championships for the 18m and open classes at the beginning of June in Lüsse managed to glean five fiercely contested competition days. Club Class SPECIAL The competition is only three years old and already an institution in the national club class scene: the Club Class SPECIAL in Weissenburg. Judging by the field, Weissenburg can now be compared with the German Championships. Nagoldtal Cup The newly introduced achievement badges in glider aerobatics have resulted in a proliferation of medals at the Nagoldtal Cup. Six new club champions were picked out in glider aerobatics. Racing Class SPECIAL There is now a "club class" for racing class aircraft of the first generation as well. Immo Raithel 1 won the first ever Racing Class SPECIAL at Burg Feuerstein. Gomolzig GO-100, capable of towing anything At the Gomolzig Flugzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH in Schwelm plans are maturing for a glider tug which is intended to combine the advantages of powered gliders and powered aircraft while avoiding their disadvantages. The company aims to develop a VLA with a "hefty" engine that is specially tailored for towing. It plans to use the SMA 230hp diesel engine that was certified in April, for which Gomolzig manufactures the muffler. Peter Gomolzig estimates that the savings in fuel alone will have the effect of reducing operating costs by one-third! |
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