Logbook

JONKER SAILPLANES COMPANY RESTRUCTURING.

Jonker has announced that, as the result of the growth the company has experienced in recent years they are restructuring. AP Kotze has been appointed as Engineering Manager.Kotze was previously employed by the firm as Jet/Final Assembly Section Leader advancing to Design Engineer and became responsible for the jet development programme and the certification programme as the Compliance Verification Engineer. He is also an excellent glider pilot.

AP Kotze at the Worlds in Hosín.

OSTIV prize awarded to Carbon Fibre Pioneer

At this year's OSTIV meeting in Hosín, CZ, former Schempp-Hirth head engineer Helmut Treiber was honoured with the highest scientific award in the gliding world, the OSTIV-Prize. Trieber introduced Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) into Schempp-Hirth’s serial wing production with the Nimbus 2b forty years ago, saving a significant amount of weight while showing a higher torsional stiffness and less wing twist in highspeed flight. With the new carbon fibre technology, he paved the way for manufacturing thinner and more efficient airfoils, leading to a big performance gain in the sailplane industry.See the full citation on the OSTIV website under news and more information about Trieber’s work with carbon fibre and an interview with him in Schempp-Hirth’s magazine Minimoa, available through their website.

SCHLEICHER INTRODUCES NEW DESIGN TEAM

With the new AS 33, Alexander Schleicher breaks with the decades long tradition of including the designer’s name in a new aircraft’s model designation. New developments from the Schleicher design division are products of teamwork. At the same time the depth of development expertise within Schleicher is significantly increased through the use of new technologies such as, for example, modern CFD software.Dipl.-Ing. Martin Heide, the last ‘named’ designer has moved on to well-deserved retirement. Schleicher’s current design team is now led by three highly qualified aerospace engineers, supported by other extremely experienced collaborators. The team are:

• Joschka Schmeisl, Leader of Design and Production. He has been with the AS design team since 2003

• Paul Anklam, Dipl.-Ing. Aerospace, Technical University Dresden. With the AS design team since 2013

• Ulrich Simon, M. Sc. Aerospace, University of Stuttgart. With the AS design team since 2017

• Tobias Mörsel, M. Sc. Aerospace, Technical University Berlin

• Manfred Münch, In the AS design team since 1981

• Andreas Storch, In the AS design team since 2010

This means that the Alexander Schleicher Segelflugzeugbau design team is ideally constituted and equipped to deal with future design challenges.

Joschka Schmeisl says, “To shape the creation of an aircraft from the initial concept all the way to marketing, to coordinate the whole process and then to actually fly it myself, is one of the most rewarding activities I can imagine.”

UPDATE TO FLARM

FLARM Technology has announced that UK and Ireland has been selected as the first new region for the updated and improved obstacle warning subsystem, making sure that British pilots can now safely avoid flying into fixed obstacles. Obstacles include cables cars, antennas and power lines. They also now offer high-resolution databases for the following regions: Austria & Slovenia, France, Germany, Northwest Italy, Northeast Italy, Switzerland, and UK & Ireland and are looking to expand to cover Benelux, Scandinavia, Spain & Portugal, as well as selected regions of Eastern Europe and North America. There is no word on when New Zealand and Australia will be included.

Youth Glide New Zealand launches WINCH PROJECT at Omarama.

Omarama is home to many YGNZ events including the well-known annual Youth Soaring Development Camp (YSDC). Last December marked the ninth YSDC in Omarama. The demand from youth to attend these events is increasing rapidly and the 2018 YSDC was the biggest yet.

We have extremely generous support from Glide Omarama and Z Energy Aviation that helps subsidise the cost of launching at Omarama. Despite this generous support, the cost of aerotowing continues to create a financial challenge, particularly for ab-initio students who undertake a higher number of circuits.YGNZ has set a target of growing youth participation in our sport in New Zealand in both the short and long-term. With this

is mind, the YGNZ Executive decided it was time to think big and think smart as to how we can continue to help build the future of soaring in New Zealand.YGNZ has set the goal of having a winch operating at Omarama before the 2019 YSDC.YGNZ has been working behind the scenes to secure the support of key stakeholders in Omarama. The Omarama Gliding Club, Omarama Airfield Limited and Glide Omarama have agreed to support the project.The YGNZ Executive expects the total cost of the project to be approximately $200,000. This includes the purchase, shipment and set-up of the winch and other equipment required for a safe and efficient winching operation. The YGNZ Executive have agreed to provide funds to match any private donation, dollar-fordollar up to $80,000. In other words, YGNZ will directly contribute up to $40,000.

How can you help? YGNZ is in the process of establishing a “vehicle” that is best-placed to own and operate the winch, however, this process is taking much longer than expected so we will keep you posted! If you are keen to donate to the project now, please donate directly to Youth Glide using the details below:Name: Youth Glide New Zealand Inc Account: 38-9014-0547980-00 Reference: Winch Particulars: Your surnamePlease also send an email through to Tim Austen or Tim Tarbotton so we can thank you and acknowledge your contribution.If you think you can help financially, with funding applications, or with advice then please reach out to one of us directly.Thank you in anticipation of your support,Tim Austen and Tim Tarbotton On behalf of the YGNZ Executive

tim.michael.austen@gmail.com 027 774 4957 ttarbotton@gmail.com 027 201 2789www.youthglide.org.nz

Eric Raymond sent us these screen grabs from his GoPro Fusion of the SunSeeker solar powered aircraft. He says, “When I started flying with cameras on my wing 40 years ago, I never imagined that a camera could take pictures like these!”

FAI NEWS

FAI joins forces with International Testing Agency (ITA) to support its ‘Fly Clean’ programme

Within this agreement, the FAI will retain under its scope the global management of its anti-doping plan and the management of TUEs (Therapeutic Use Exemptions), while the ITA will be responsible for the in-competition testing at FAI air sports events and the out-ofcompetition procedures.

The ITA will create and amend test distributions plans, provide administration of athlete whereabouts protocol and follow up on any matters related to the compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.

ITA Director General Benjamin Cohen said: “The FAI is witnessing every day the achievements of extraordinary individuals who are constantly surpassing themselves to reach new heights in the many various air sports. The FAI and ITA now join forces to ensure that these achievements take place in a healthy, clean and respectful environment. The ITA very much looks forward to ‘Fly Clean’ together with the FAI and its athletes for the many years to come”.

Interesting Anniversaries

The FAI reminds us that this year marks 100 years since the first non-stop transatlantic flight in a powered aircraft, by John Alcock and Arthur Brown and 50 years since Neil Armstrong became the first man to stand on the moon. It is also 20 years since Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and 120 years since Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first powered flight.

Sign up for the FAI newsletter or watch their website to get more information about these aviation anniversaries and others.

Susanne Schödel and Benjamin CohenAlcock and Brown taking on mail

Pipistrel and Honeywell Urban Air Mobility update

As part of their collective effort, the companies will work together to integrate Honeywell avionics, navigation, flight control systems connectivity, and other beneficial products and services onto a future Pipistrel vertical take-off and landing air vehicle to support fully autonomous operations in the future.Pipistrel was chosen to be one of Uber’s vehicle development partners for their urban mobility solution. Pipistrel have a concept for cost-attractive eVTOL, addressing efficiency and noise hurdles in vehicle lift, hover, and cruise stages of flight.