The weather prediction was really nice so there was finally a change to do a XC flight. The overall RAPS BLIPMAPS impression also looked very good. One of the cool things available is a cross section (prognosis) of the air column during the day at certain locations. This model calculates things like cloud base and…

The Teugse 2 Day event is a competition with two or three classes. A club class, combi class and “kreupel” class, that means something like “lame” (free for everything that may fly and is technically a glider class). This year only the club and combi class were held otherwise I would join the “kreupel” class.…

The season of 2024 started with poor weather, a lot of rain and our grass airstrip was transformed in to a pond. So 14 april was pretty much the first start of the year. The Libelle is a tight fit ,some people joke the plane is something you wear. As you can see on the…

When you buy a plane it is most of the time without a test flight. This has to do with time, regulations, risks, time and place etc.I had personally never flown a Libelle before. Okay, I did test whether I could physically fit in it before I travelled to Austria. The cockpit is quite narrow…

Well, now it is time for a tour inside the glider. Make sure you are not taller than 1.90 m (6ft3) and not wider than the average person. Otherwise you won’t fit in the cockpit, let alone jump in. But once you manage to get seated, you have a great view, as you can see…

The idea was to make a trip home in two stages. Well… that did not work out after all. We had made reservations at a campsite, to stay for one night. We booked for a large trailer + a small tent. We booked a pitch for 12-16 people to accomodate those two things. In the…

For a few years I visit the segelflug.de site where a lot of planes are looking for a new home.I really wanted to find a nice libelle since it’s quite an old model and maintenance cost can be quite highit was important that the plane was in flying condition.On a certain day in june i…