IVSM 2000 PHOTO ALBUM

The next time someone sneers at a wooden sailplane, remind them that it is made of a unidirectional reinforced laminated composite material consisting of micro-tubular fibres embedded in a long chain polymer matrix and having a near infinite fatigue life.

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Just a few pictures of some of the many beautiful vintage
and classic sailplanes form IVSM 2000
PS2-ASW27.jpg (43934 bytes)
Peter Selinger's photo from the International Vintage
Sailplane Meet 2000 held on Harris Hill, Elmira, New York, July, 2000.
Image is part of the National Landmark of Soaring program,
reflecting 70 years of growth of the sport in the USA
RoyMcMaster in ASW-27, Jack Wyman in the Franklin PS-2.

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NP HH.jpg (144012 bytes)
Harris Hill Gliderport
HP-HH approach.jpg (265832 bytes)
final approach to Harris Hill  in a T-21Slingsby
Photo by Nancy Devonshire

grid.jpg (155973 bytes) HP-K4 line.jpg (255782 bytes)
Line photo's

HP-Moswey.jpg (245908 bytes)
  Moswey 2.jpg (31736 bytes) Moswey.jpg (78386 bytes)
Moswey
HP-Moswey disassembly Al Uster-Tim Mara.jpg (275092 bytes)
Moswey dissasembly
Tim Mara and owner Al Uster in photo

NP K4 K6 SH1.jpg (105557 bytes)
K6, K4, SH1

NP PR T21.jpg (57986 bytes) HP-T31b.jpg (251430 bytes)
Slingsby T-31 is owned by Lee Cowie.
 The Pratt-Read owned by Jack Hilton.

NP T49.jpg (49997 bytes)
Jan Scotts Slingsby T49 Capstan

NP 1-7.jpg (129908 bytes)
Schweizer 1-7
owned by  Walt Cannon
(Oldest flying Schweizer glider and the first
production Schweizer model built in series)
IVSM 2000 award winner

SGS 1-21.jpg (173536 bytes)
Schweizer 1-21
owned by Walt Cannon

SGS 1-23.jpg (109785 bytes)
Schweizer 1-23
Owned by Sky Powers

Schweizer 1-23H15's
123 H15.jpg (205292 bytes) SGS 1-23 H15.jpg (233321 bytes)
Owned by Mark Guay
1-23H15.jpg (232868 bytes)
and Peter Mc Lean

Bergfalke II.jpg (165259 bytes)  Bergfalke.jpg (210954 bytes)
II-55.jpg (198153 bytes) HW.jpg (240921 bytes)
Bergfalke II-55
Owned by Heinze Weissenbuehler and Monty Sullivan
IVSM 2000 award winner
(Best restoration)


MU Canopy.jpg (109110 bytes)
MU Close up.jpg (464276 bytes) MU13HH.jpg (332331 bytes)
MU-13.jpg (453401 bytes) MU Buzzards.jpg (412250 bytes) wpe16235.gif (239184 bytes)
 Mü13D
(link)
Owned by outgoing
(o' fearless leader of the VSA)
Bob Gaines

LK-10.jpg (162282 bytes)
LK-10
owned by Herrie ten cate

NP Hummingbird.jpg (145232 bytes)
Nelson Hummingbird
owned by George Appelbay

SL4 tim.bmp (1365546 bytes)
Tim
Corky Gill Skylark 4.jpg (242148 bytes)  Peter Selinger SL4.jpg (154703 bytes)
Corky Gill gets ready for test flight in SL-4
Copy of Corky take off SL4.jpg (55818 bytes)  SL4 line.bmp (1132638 bytes)
N63SL.jpg (156335 bytes) SL4 pre flight.jpg (126950 bytes)
Tim's SL-4 was busy all week with flights by several pilots including
John Seymour (John flew the Skylark to Dansville and return) Dave Welles, Clarence See
and below, Karl Streideick
Karl Streideick Skylark 4.jpg (199377 bytes)
Slingsby Skylark 4
Owned by Tim Mara
IVSM 2000 award winner

Eagle take off.jpg (204906 bytes) Golden Eagle.jpg (257884 bytes)
NP Eagle.jpg (130871 bytes) Eagle.jpg (222299 bytes) Golden-Eagle-tail.jpg (87730 bytes)
Golder Eagle
Alan Patching & partners
(Oldest flying glider in Australia)
IVSM award winner

wpe32687.gif (166835 bytes) wpe79226.gif (245554 bytes)  K4 hanger.jpg (196909 bytes)
Schleicher K4 Rhönlerche
Owned by Tim Mara
K4 Georgia.jpg (105925 bytes) 
K4 owned by Bill Cloughley & partners
IVSM 2000 award winner

NP Franklin.jpg (132066 bytes) Franklin PS2
Franklin-PS2-tow.jpg (49559 bytes)
Franklin PS-2
Owned by Jack Wyman
Oldest Airworthy glider in the WORLD
IVSM 1995 award winner

NP 1-19.jpg (177172 bytes)
Schweizer 1-19
Owned by Harold Armstrong
IVSM Winner 1995

MG-23SL.jpg (182456 bytes) MG23.jpg (117597 bytes)
MG-23SL
Owned by Bob Graves

Ka6br.jpg (257032 bytes) NP K6.jpg (138544 bytes)
Schleicher  Ka-6BR
Owned by David Ochsner
NSM Winner 2000

K6cr.jpg (173345 bytes) Ka6cr1m.jpg (105227 bytes)
Schleicher Ka6CR's
Owners Bruce Barrett &  Jeffrey Stringer

   Ka6e (Neil).jpg (83715 bytes)
Ka6e owned by Neal Pfeiffer
Ka6e!.jpg (204853 bytes)
Ka6e

Weihle.jpg (155140 bytes)   Weihle in flight.jpg (62113 bytes) Weihle and Hummingbird.jpg (164016 bytes)
Weihle take off.jpg (109815 bytes)
Weihe  IVSM 2000 Winner
owned by lars Johannesen

 HP TG3 Jeff Byard and Chris Wills.jpg (238895 bytes)
TG-2 with owner Jeff Byard
as Chris Wills of the VGC looks on
TG2.jpg (175922 bytes) TG-2 Landing.jpg (139088 bytes)
Schweizer TG-2
Owned by (New VSA President)
Jeff Byard
VSA Frank Gross Winner

E o N.jpg (234859 bytes)
E o N Olympia 2B
Owned by VSA Vice President Dennis Barton

Phoebus B.jpg (239275 bytes)
Niels Ebbe Gjorup from Denmark ready for flight
Phoebus.jpg (123006 bytes)
Team Sweden.jpg (248849 bytes)
(Team Sweden)
Phoebus B

Open Cirrus.jpg (131296 bytes)
Open Cirrus
Jim Kellett (Classic Division Chaiman)

SH-1.jpg (147612 bytes) SH-1 Take-off.jpg (93027 bytes)
Standard Austria SH-1
owned by Steve Lindenbaum
VSA winner in 1997

Rain Day
T50 Umbrella.jpg (128349 bytes) Rain Day.jpg (181577 bytes)
(Skylark 4)
Owner Tim Mara

B-17 fly by.jpg (41438 bytes)
B-17 Fly By from the Warbird Museum

For more information on joining the VSA
Vintage Sailplane Association
A Division of the Soaring Society of America

Also be certain to see:
http://www.vintagegliderclub.org/
and our other international vintage association friends
through the links available from these and other pages

Thanks to everyone who has
sent in these images!