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Bold aviators
At the closing of 2001 we ran into a Grasshopper stationed
at Kleve/Wisseler Dünen (GER). Because of the lack of storing
facilities, the owner wanted to get rid of the plane. In order to
come to a sufficient sindicate size, we gathered some friends and
two weeks later the wings and tailplane were picked up in Wissel
on an open Ka-7 trailer. The weekend thereafter we made the same
trip, but this time with the fuselage and the supplements. Some
weeks later the first flights were made by autotow atthe Lemelerveld
glidersite. Eversince, some people got seriously addicted to flying
this machine!
Ed Eeltink
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Flies since:
1985
Oldtimerfanatic since:
1985
Grasshopper pet name:
-
Memorable quote:
-
Other gliders:
Ka-6 CR (PH-379), Ka-4 Rhönlerche (PH-279), T.34 Sky
(PH-203)
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Wolf Hinkel
Flies since:
1972
Oldtimerfanatic since:
1972
Grasshopper pet name:
Broomstick
Memorable quote:
"Is that seat securely fastened? I'm afraid of heights..."
Other gliders:
Ka-6 BRPe (PH-874), Janus C (D-7012), T.34 Sky (PH-203)
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Erwin Janssen
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Flies since:
1996
Oldtimerfanatic since:
1999 (bought Ka-8b)
Grasshopper pet name:
'Grashapper' (Dutch for some grass-eating-thing)
Memorable quote:
"YEEEEEHAAAA"
Other gliders:
Ka-8b (D-5191), T.34 Sky (PH-203)
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Eric Munk
Flies since:
1995
Oldtimerfanatic since:
1977
Grasshopper pet name:
-
Memorable quote:
...sorry, can't be translated...
Other gliders:
Ka-8b (D-5191), T.34 Sky (PH-203)
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Erik Poerstamper
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Flies since:
1977
Oldtimerfanatic since:
1992
Grasshopper pet name:
??
Memorable quote:
"Nice plane; I can fly it with my clogs on!"
Other gliders:
T.30 Prefect (PH-196), T.34 Sky (PH-203)
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Henk Stubbe
Flies since:
19??
Oldtimerfanatic since:
19??
Grasshopper pet name:
Whiskey Zulu
Memorable quote:
"So you guys damaged the plane before I could even fly
it?? Oh, never mind, overhauling this thing is also big fun!"
Other gliders:
Ka-2b (PH-919), Ka-6E (PH-365), Ka-7 (PH-264),
T.34 Sky (PH-203)
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S.O.S.
The Grasshopper isn't the only Slingsby glider flying
around at Lemelerveld. At the moment, the privately owned fleet
consists of three Slingsby gliders: the T.30
Prefect (PH-196), the T.38 Grasshopper (WZ795) and the
T.34
Sky (PH-203). This oldtimer fleet is such fun, that a
considerable group of 'friends-of' has grown around it: the S.O.S.
Slingsby's Over Salland
Besides the owners of the planes, several 'groupies' help to foster
the planes or to keep them from sitting on the ground. It is not
unlikely that, in the future, the S.O.S. fleet will grow further.
There is a very strong wish to aquire a T.21 Sedbergh. At the moment
however, the main priority is to get both the Grasshopper and the
Sky in an airworthy state.
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