rockysan
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- Location
- West side O'ahu, Hawai'i
- Name
- Greg Leong
Really enjoying these images Rolf.a mystery plane
it looks like son of SG-38 but had a motor,behind the pilot, attached to it.
I think it must have been an experimental plane, probably designed and built by the students of Akaflieg Stuttgart.
I tried to find out about this motor glider but failed totally.
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thanks a lot !Really enjoying these images Rolf.
Gliding with film camera in hand looking to get that shot (and in the 70s) is a pretty cool thing.thanks a lot !
I might go on to entertain you, for a couple of days, with historical images from the glider scene, as I experienced it in the seventies.
Most pictures were taken with me positioned in a double-seated glider or motor glider. I always needed a pilot to act according to my instructions and it worked nicely. I had lots of hours flying a double-seated glider with the instructor behind me, but I never soloed. Taking photos I found even more attractive and I became part of the scene for a rather long time.Gliding with film camera in hand looking to get that shot (and in the 70s) is a pretty cool thing.
I used that technique way back when I was flying R/C airplanes a lot. Although I considered it, I never got up the nerve to pursue a pilot's license. Flying model airplanes with my feet firmly planted was as close as I ever got to "slipping the surly bonds".
I still dream of it . Side-slip caused considerable noise inside the glider and I always thought it would tear apart.I used that technique way back when I was flying R/C airplanes a lot. Although I considered it, I never got up the nerve to pursue a pilot's license. Flying model airplanes with my feet firmly planted was as close as I ever got to "slipping the surly bonds".
My parents were at school in London when the V1s were falling and would often talk about the experience. They always referred to them as "doodlebugs". You were fine if you could hear the sound of the engine, but as soon as the engine cut out, the V1 would fall out of the sky and you'd better hope you weren't underneath at the time. My father used to tell a story of taking exams in the school hall during a V1 "raid" and having to take shelter under his desk, while the masters walked up and down the lines of desks to make sure the boys weren't cheating.... There's also a German V1 "Buzz Bomb". I was surprised at how big it was, I always pictured it as smaller.
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