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Antares too quiet
Lange Flugzeugbau faces an unusual hurdle with the type certification of
its electric glider, Antares. The required noise level measurement
according to Chapter X was not possible. The noise emissions from the
20-meter self-launching glider are so low that it can't be heard above
the ambient sound of the surrounding environment. But the measurements
are mandatory for the EASA certification. Even a modified measuring
process failed to produce data that could be converted to values
suitable for compliance with Chapter X. It has simply never happened
before: An aircraft that is actually too quiet.
Immortalised in the Guinness Book of Records
The pilots from the SFZ Ottengrüner Heide near Hof were looking forward
to a rather large number of starts on Saturday, 24th June.
They had exactly 16 hours and 24 minutes from dawn at 5:03 hours on
Saturday to dusk at 21:27 on Sunday. Excellent weather conditions
meant that the pilots actually exceeded their own expectations of 250
starts and completed 373 winch launches!
German Museum: The history of Hesselberg
Together with the Wasserkuppe the Hesselberg in
central Franconia played an important role in the development of
gliding during the 20's and 30's. The significance of the Hesselberg
in the development of gliding is now the subject of a special
exhibition of more than 180 photos in the Flugwerft Schleißheim.
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