USA representation by: WINGS AND WHEELS Soaring Supplies
Coming soon to the top of the score sheet
in a contest near you!
304S IN COMPETITION!
1st Production
304S......1st competition for a production 304s
results........of course.....1st!
| 2008 Easter Comps -
Performance Class Chinchilla, 21.03.2008 - 29.03.2008 Performance - Overall results after 5 |
| # | CN | Pilot | Country | Glider | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GAG | Georgenson Andrew | Boonah | 304s Shark | 4751.1 |
| 2. | VCX | Woolley Chris | CQGC | Ventus 2cxm | 4743.4 |
| 3. | OBH | Hatfield Bill | Kingaroy | LAK 17/15m | 4491.7 |
| 4. | 36 | Takizawa Shinzo | Narromine | Discus 2a | 4333.9 |
| 5. | XOW | Nowak Chad | DDSC | LS 7 | 4218.0 |
| 6. | IUO | Brown Simon | Geelong | Discus 2c 18 | 4192.6 |
| 7. | GKU | Spletter Errol | SDASC | LS 8 | 4155.4 |
| 8. | JSR | Henderson Ralph | DDSC | Duo Discus T | 4020.4 |
| 9. | XJW | Lane Bevan | Kingaroy | Discus b | 3967.6 |
| 10. | GAW | Hart Robert | DDSC | Nimbus 2 c | 3878.3 |
| 11. | XOT | Wilkinson Bill | SDASC | Discus b | 3829.0 |
| 12. | KDX | Club Kingaroy | Duo Discus | 3672.3 | |
| 13. | GXY | Tabart Tony | Corangamite SC | Nimbus 4DM | 3602.7 |
| 14. | 77 | Nicholls John | ASC | Discus b | 3601.9 |
| 15. | GGH | Mitchell Pearce | DDSC | Ventus b | 3449.5 |
| 16. | GKO | Hoskings Richard | DDSC | ASW 20 | 3214.5 |
| 17. | DYZ | McKenzie Graeme | Kingaroy | Discus 2b | 3046.8 |
| 18. | ZBW | Ward Bob | DDSC | Ventus 2cM | 2949.0 |
| 19. | XGG | Schmidt Greg | Kingaroy | LS 8 | 2750.0 |
| 20. | FQL | Lambert Dennis | DDSC | Nimbus 2 c | 2696.9 |
| 21. | FQL | Cavanna Tony | DDSC | Nimbus 2 c | 1893.8 |
| 22. | NNA | Morgan Owen | Warwick | Ventus 2c | 1792.5 |
| 23. | GXY | McCaffrey Shane | DDSC | Nimbus 4DM | 986.5 |
| 24. | GXY | Griffiths Peter | DDSC | Nimbus 4DM | 0.0 |
| 24. | ZBW | Harris Steve | Ventus 2cM | 0.0 | |
| 24. | KDX | Truitt Mike | Kingaroy | Duo Discus | 0.0 |
| HC | GAW | Wade Brian | Caboolture | Nimbus 2 c | 0.0 |
304S prototype
(the ONLY NON-German Glider)
in the German 18 Meter National Championship finished
an impressive 9th overall out of 37!
This was even
after an unfortunate land-out on one day dropping guest pilot
Jan-Hinnerk Scheel to 24th on this
one day.
Without question, the 304S is proving itself to be a formidable competitor!
Final standings:
| Rang | WBK | Name | Land | Flugzeug | Verein | 1. Tag | 2. Tag | 3. Tag | 4. Tag | 5. Tag | 6. Tag | Punkte |
| 1 | 29 | Leucker, Dr. Hermann | NW | ASG 29 | LSC Bayer Leverkusen |
989
|
979
|
786
|
59
|
897
|
1000
|
4710 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | JOY | Schuster, Jürgen | BY | Ventus 2 cxT | Aeroclub Ansbach |
976
|
897
|
797
|
159
|
751
|
987
|
4567 |
| 3 | OG | Gertzmann, Rolf | NW | Ventus 2 cxt | LSV Dorsten |
891
|
880
|
772
|
243
|
780
|
944
|
4510 |
| 4 | 71 | Schunk, Mathias | BY | LS 10 | SFZ Königsdorf |
904
|
823
|
714
|
163
|
892
|
936
|
4432 |
| 5 | 10 | Back, Holger | RP | LS 10-st | AC Nastätten |
907
|
824
|
796
|
32
|
872
|
921
|
4352 |
| 6 | W1 | Schmacht, Hansjürgen | BY | ASH 26 | AC Bamberg |
952
|
819
|
745
|
160
|
818
|
843
|
4337 |
| 7 | 29E | Möker, Michael | NI | ASG 29 | SFG Salzdetfurth |
891
|
742
|
688
|
243
|
783
|
955
|
4302 |
| 8 | WM | Meuser, Werner | HE | Ventus 2 Cxa | KVfL Marburg |
956
|
794
|
750
|
65
|
880
|
850
|
4295 |
| 9 | IH | Scheel, Jan-Hinnerk | SH | HPH 304 S | AC Lübeck |
928
|
783
|
735
|
142
|
851
|
792
|
4231 |
| 10 | WS | Sinn, Walter | BY | Ventus 2 cxM | SFG Donauwörth |
912
|
793
|
736
|
65
|
874
|
845
|
4225 |
| 11 | XL | Weidenbach, Andreas | BW | ASH 26 E | LSV Degerfeld |
957
|
790
|
713
|
79
|
820
|
844
|
4203 |
| 12 | BC | Umlauf, Jan | HH | Discus 2ct | HAC Boberg |
919
|
783
|
696
|
155
|
850
|
774
|
4177 |
| 13 | 7L | Sommer, Norbert | HE | Ventus 2ct | SFC Hirzenhain |
854
|
786
|
758
|
77
|
834
|
866
|
4175 |
| 14 | 2B | Behrendt, Armin | BY | Ventus 2c | SFZ Königsdorf |
907
|
784
|
789
|
64
|
700
|
928
|
4172 |
| 15 | IR | Mathar, Rudolf | NW | ASH 26 E | LSV Aachen |
931
|
906
|
531
|
44
|
804
|
928
|
4144 |
| 16 | B1 | Weber, Bernd | BW | Ventus 2cxT | FG Neckartal Köngen |
907
|
803
|
527
|
141
|
884
|
854
|
4116 |
| 17 | 25 | Beutter, Ulrik | BW | Ventus 2 cxT | FSV Mössingen |
813
|
809
|
785
|
42
|
845
|
819
|
4113 |
| 18 | MC | Kühl, Andreas | BB | Ventus 2cxT | FSV Eisenhüttenstadt |
838
|
794
|
722
|
86
|
778
|
868
|
4086 |
| 19 | GM | Mecherlein, Götz | HB | Ventus 2 cxT | WFG Lemwerder |
924
|
913
|
802
|
32
|
699
|
713
|
4083 |
| 20 | 3V | Gmeiner, Wolfgang | BW | Ventus 2 C 18m | FG Ellwangen |
912
|
794
|
530
|
156
|
876
|
810
|
4078 |
| 21 | MD | Emde, Siegfried | NW | ASH 26 E | Sportflug Niederberg e.V. |
896
|
770
|
778
|
34
|
825
|
774
|
4077 |
| 22 | KT | Bonsack, Thomas | NI | Discus 2ct | LSV Oldenburg |
872
|
776
|
734
|
39
|
780
|
859
|
4060 |
| 23 | OS | Samson, Siegfried | HE | DG 800 LA | AC Langenselbold |
692
|
826
|
741
|
78
|
806
|
913
|
4056 |
| 24 | 37 | Spiegelberg, Gerd | HE | LS 8-18 | LSC Bad Homburg |
822
|
783
|
743
|
40
|
833
|
799
|
4020 |
| 25 | 1G | Tacke, Thorsten | NW | Ventus 2cxT | Luftfahrtvereinigung Greven e.V. |
909
|
793
|
531
|
64
|
876
|
846
|
4019 |
| 26 | VR | Runge, Carsten | BY | DG 808 | FSC Aschaffenburg |
683
|
778
|
710
|
244
|
830
|
758
|
4003 |
| 27 | DG | Dirks, Wilhelm | BW | DG 808 C | LSV Bruchsal |
747
|
902
|
715
|
40
|
792
|
793
|
3989 |
| 28 | AB | Bauer, Hanns-Günther | BY | LS 6 c- 18WL | SFZ Ottengrüner Heide |
888
|
755
|
741
|
64
|
729
|
792
|
3969 |
| 29 | TOY | Kuhn, Dr. Thomas | BY | Ventus 2cxT | Aeroclub Ansbach |
941
|
783
|
789
|
64
|
716
|
655
|
3948 |
| 30 | 4J | Seitzinger, Daniel | BY | Discus 2 C | Aeroclub Ansbach |
931
|
788
|
538
|
30
|
809
|
803
|
3899 |
| 31 | 26 | Schreyer, Stefan | HE | ASH 26 E | AeC Langenselbold |
692
|
826
|
722
|
43
|
790
|
810
|
3883 |
| 32 | HL | Brüning, Kai | NW | LS 6 c- 18WL | LSC Bayer Leverkusen |
965
|
767
|
539
|
81
|
765
|
587
|
3704 |
| 33 | BV | Polhaus, Volker | HE | LS 8-18 | FSV Offenburg & Reinheim |
680
|
811
|
702
|
73
|
609
|
769
|
3644 |
| 33 | C | Costabel, Sascha | BW | Ventus 2 | FSC Mühlacker |
684
|
799
|
552
|
174
|
744
|
691
|
3644 |
| 35 | SM | Holtmann, Swen | BW | LS 8 | SFV Mannheim |
554
|
790
|
730
|
64
|
702
|
657
|
3497 |
| 36 | DM | Fromme, Stefan | BW | Ventus 2 cxT | FSV Sindelfingen |
902
|
998
|
493
|
41
|
822
|
0
|
3256 |
| 37 | AT | Machetanz, HaJo | NW | LS 8-18 | LVA Aachen |
744
|
1000
|
484
|
64
|
185
|
0
|
2477 |
The first official competition
for the new 304S
First day
.....3rd Place!
Second day.....1st Place!
In fact 304S remains in
1st place
overall for
5
out of 8 days!
OVERALL RESULTS:
Day 1-3rd,
Day 2-1st,
Day 3-1st,
Day 4-1st,
Day 5- 1st,
Day 6- 1st,
Day 7- 6th,
Day 8-8th
An unprecedented first showing the lone 304S took on best
gliders that the largest sailplane manufacturers in the soaring world could
could throw at it and finishes a very respectable 8th out of 41 in it's first
contest ..not bad......not bad at all!
Open -
Overall results after Day 6
PS:
Jana Vepreková currently in
2nd place will give up the Ventus 2C in favor of the 304S ser#2
for European Championships!
| PRIBINA CUP 2007 Open Class |
| Overall results after Day 6 |
| # | CN | Pilot | Country | Glider | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | IH | Petr Krejcirík | Czech Republic | HPH 304S/18m | 5026 |
| 2. | BB | Karol Staryszak | Poland | SZD 56 Diana 2 | 4964 |
| 3. | A1 | Ales Maraz | Slovenia | Nimbus 3/25;5m | 4886 |
| 4. | 2CI | Svend Andersen | Denmark | ASG 29/18m | 4740 |
| 5. | GX | Peter Szabo | Hungary | ASH 25EB | 4726 |
| 6. | 12 | Josef Bušek | Czech Republic | LAK 12 | 4588 |
| 7. | MP | Peter Marosi | Hungary | Ventus 2C/18m | 4411 |
| 8. | PBI | Jan Walther Gevad | Denmark | DG 600/18m | 4404 |
| 9. | BW1 | Patrick Puskeiler | Germany | Duo Discus | 4351 |
| 10. | 4T | Peter Batenburg | Netherlands | Nimbus 4 | 4173 |
| 11. | K1 | Steffen Keppler | Germany | Ventus 2C/18m | 4108 |
| 12. | CZ | Jana Vepreková | Czech Republic | Ventus 2C/18m | 4029 |
| 13. | ZB | Zdzislaw Bednarczuk | Poland | Ventus 2C/18m | 3952 |
| 14. | DE | Michael Eisele | Germany | Ventus 2A | 3918 |
| 15. | BV | Volker Polhaus | Germany | LS 8/18m | 3873 |
| 16. | FX | Tibor Fratrik | Slovakia | LS 8/18m | 3818 |
| 17. | ECC | Adam Czeladzki | Poland | LS 8/18m | 3787 |
| 18. | CXI | Branislav Jesensky | Slovakia | Ventus 2C/18m | 3697 |
| 19. | INV | Dirk Nieuwenhout | Netherlands | ASH 25 | 3569 |
| 20. | HJ | Poul Kim Larsen | Denmark | ASH 25 | 3501 |
| 21. | 71 | Thomas Wettemann | Germany | Ventus 2B | 3494 |
| 22. | VO | Stasys Skalskis | Lithuania | LAK 17a | 3453 |
| 23. | 77 | Peter Gonczi | Hungary | Nimbus 3/25;5m | 3448 |
| 24. | WG | Klaus Gerhard Specht | Germany | Ventus C/17;6m | 3400 |
| 25. | K5 | Marc Puskeiler | Germany | Duo Discus | 3264 |
| 26. | TS | Tomasz Smolski | Poland | Jantar 2/2b | 3254 |
| 27. | I | Henning Kjersgaard Nielsen | Denmark | Ventus C/17;6m | 3235 |
| 28. | NV | Vytautas Maciulis | Lithuania | LAK 17A/18m | 3210 |
| 29. | IR | István Réti | Hungary | Ventus 2C/18m | 3191 |
| 30. | BA1 | Jan Kovalcik | Slovakia | Nimbus 2 | 3189 |
| 31. | K9 | Johannes Breckel | Germany | Discus 2C/18m | 3175 |
| 32. | MA | Botond Szabadfi | Hungary | Nimbus 3T/25;5m | 3140 |
| 33. | SK | László Kapuy | Hungary | Ventus C/17;6m | 3031 |
| 34. | 1W | Johan Frey | Denmark | Duo Discus T | 2997 |
| 35. | 170 | Wojciech Kos | Poland | Ventus 2C/18m | 2800 |
| 36. | PB | Istvan Magyar | Hungary | Ventus B/16;6m | 2348 |
| 37. | LT | Lubomír Svoboda | Czech Republic | LAK 19/18m | 2303 |
| 38. | VL | Freddy Vincent Andersen | Denmark | ASH 25/>26m | 2258 |
| 39. | LM | Matthias Luithardt | Germany | ASH 26 | 2128 |
| 40. | KW | Jorgen Legind Hansen | Denmark | ASW 20/16;6m | 1755 |
| 41. | Z | Kim Freund | Denmark | Janus C with retractable gear | 1219 |
Innovation and attention to detail!
Note the skeletal structure built in to the advanced
safety cockpit!
Gone now are the "kinks" or bends in the leading
edge shown in artist renditions and computer images of the proposed 304S design
to finally reveal what had been part of the kept secret until now. The new 304S
wing has a elliptical design with not only a graceful sweep to the leading edge
but the upward bend added completely without the former breaks of other designs
in a continuously contoured wing ending perfectly with the totally new "shark
fin" wing tips. Unlike those now used for the new 304S even the most advanced
computer designed molds of the past had been made from several sections and had
to be hand filled to complete a single wing mold of these proportions.
photos copyright: Jacob Boer
images from the
factory!
Not simply a facelift of an existing technology, but the very latest in a long study of
what was, until now, the “State-of-the-Art”. The HpH Glasflügel 304-S and
Glasflügel 304-SE are designed to take advantage of both, the 15 meter racing class and
the rising popularity of the 18 meter classes with a totally new carbon fiber
18/15 meter
304S and the 15 meter only 304SE. In keeping with the Glasflügel heritage, innovations in
the new fuselage introduces a new safety cockpit far beyond the “standards”of
all other manufacturers, with superior ergonomics and roomy comfortable cockpit for even
larger pilots.
Capability for Self-Launch or (Turbo) sustainer to be added (built in capability in all
production 15/18 “S” models) and of course the renown HpH quality and
craftsmanship admired by all and second to none!
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just one thing in common...........
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