Thanks to Simine Short, Editor of the Vintage Soaring Association’s Bungee Cord, for sending us excerpts from the Spring, 2013 issue, including Rusty Lowry’s risk assessment checklist and article on operational risk assessment, and a photo of the nose of a Falke sailplane (1930s vintage) that Joe Steinhauser had built in 1932. Click on the images to enlarge.
Nose of a Falke sailplane that Joe Steinhauser was building in 1932
Additional articles that may interest those of you who like older gliders are:
“Clarifying Classic and Vintage Definitions” by Jim Short
“ARTwork on an EoN Olympia” by Dave Schuur
“The Morelli M200” by Adam Kite (see cover)
“Return of gliders to Rybatschi” by Niels Ebbe Gjørup, and
“Schweizer TG-3A 1/4 scale model” by Martin Zeller.
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