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Photos from the 30ies 40ies 50ies 60ies 70ies in Athens 70ies in Edessa 80ies Here are some color ones Building gliders in Greece
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| Pilots |
List of glider pilots 1960-1986 instructors 1960-1986 glider pilots 1987-1992 glider pilots 1993-1998
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| Paintings |
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Around 1977 Dinos Augerinos made attempts for his 300 km flight. All attempts were not
successful. Here the DG100 is seen in the fields of Beotia. The sky begins to be covered
by Sirrus clouds, the well known thermal killers.
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The ASK13 ridge-soaring in Parnis mountain. In the background is Athens and the Saronic
gulf.
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A full circular rainbow is impressive, but cannot be easily photographed. Here is the
rainbow we met, flying in the rain with the setting sun on our back. You can see the
runway of Tatoi airport and Penteli mountain in front of the ASK13. The painting cannot
give us the fantastic movement of the rainbow on the ground.
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The small airport of Marathon is by the sea. Every landing is a flight over the sea, with
low pass over the beach, and cross-wind touch-down. Penteli mountain can be seen behind
the Puchatz.
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Flying the Cavka in Edessa, over the timb for printing- Here ~280kberline was fantastic.
You may excuse the tree on the right. It does not grow in Edessa (it is a tree of the
southern mountains of Greece). Note also the SX numb for printing- Here ~280kber on the
wing. The S was painted the wrong way (as a 5) also on the real glider.
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The Mosquito returning to the ground by sunset, after climb for printing- Here ~280kbing
on the side of a Cb cloud over Athens.
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Flying home from Mt.Penteli after sunset. We can see the ground below, but not the airport
in front. Mt.Parnis can be seen above the haze. P.Savoulidis is flying the ASK13. The
Bocian is below.
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A "Sea breeze front" above Tatoi airport. View from the tail of the ASK13. Climb
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| Drawings |
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A sailplane pilot treats his aircraft with tender care.
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This pilot is unfit for soaring.
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Looking for glider pilots.
(The character is Diogenes, a ancient Greek philosopher). The Politopoulos drawings are in
very good resolution to be printed in poster size.
The drawings that follow are small casual comic drawings, printed mainly in the "Air
sports" newsletter.
We start from some of C.Pikros drawings.
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Soaring must give pleasure to all people involved.
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"He forgot to lower the landing gear again"
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"His spot landing needs some reworking" All the drawings that follow are from
the long contribution of Makis Constantinidis (Edessa aeroclub) to our newsletter.
Jokes are difficult to translate for different cultures around the earth. We hope that
soaring is an international culture.
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"With this model we solved the problem of heavy landings"
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".. and this new model is our answer to tail-wind landings"
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"And now who is gonna launch as, a polar bear? "
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"Do not try telling me again, that he keeps a safe distance from the ridge"
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"We have a serious problem. Where do we submit the papers for our record? To our
National Aeroclub, or to NASA? "
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"This is the newly acquired thermal generator"
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"With whom have you been flying with lately? "
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"It is quite obvious that you started your loopings again"
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"I propose that we drop the whole subject"
| Poems |
From Don Davies
collection
Greek soaring poems
Meteo poem in Greek
