Open House? Another WOT-glider!

Cluetime:
– It’s European
– It’s manufacturer still exists, but no longer builds gliders
– It’s 1960s

Cobblers, gliders have airbrakes beacause its’ the easiest and simplest way to control the approach path, nothing to do with not shedding lift (which they do quite nicely – popping a socking great paddle up in the middle of a wing does that) or not being able to regain lift easily (eh?).

THe only method I can think of off the top of my head which doesn’t shed any lift is the drag chute but that’s a bit digital.

Technically, it is not about about shedding lift, but reducing L/D. Whilst reduction of lift (L) does occur in operating a glider’s dive brakes, it is the immense increase in drag (D) that does most of the trick. And it’s not just about controlling the glidepath on landing (but which is, I must admit, a very substantial part of it). Dive brakes in sailplanes were invented in the first place to reduce the chance of overloading the aircraft when control was lost in cloud flying. When they were not that common yet, most landings were sideslips…

Is anyone else having problems with the reply function on the forum?

No. Just with some of the replies themselves, but that is a different matter altogether.

Wow!

Not quite. That’s only the case if you tick the ‘inscrit’ box alone. If you also tick the ‘radié’ box, the DGAC website will search for and, if it’s there, give details of all aircraft that are or have been on the CDN, CDNR and CNRA registers. What isn’t in the searchable database are the pre-war registers or the current départemental ULM registers.

My apologies, you are quite right. I have found a reference to the registration F-GHUJ being reserved by a mr. G. Bougarel in 1991. It would appear the aircraft however was never fully registered in the end?