Sparrowhawk | Le Planeur Ultra Léger

Le Sparrowhawk, ultra-léger certes, mais un véritable planeur

jac 15 August 2019

La preuve est faite que le Sparrowhawk, malgré ses seulement 70kg de masse structurelle, et son envergure d’à peine 11 mètres, se comporte aussi bien, voir parfois mieux que ses “grands frères”. Il permet de faire du vrai vol à…
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Sparrowhawk flight evaluations resumed

jac 4 August 2019

After fixing some technical problems with the airbrakes and the wheel, the flight evaluations resumed. It’s a great glider, handling is the best you can imagine, in more than 20.000 hours airtime, jac never flew any aircraft with so nice…
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First “big” cross country flight for the Sparrowhawk

jac 7 July 2019

July the 5th, jac flew his first big XC with it’s Sparrowhawk. It was his 6th flight with the Sparrowhawk; he is still not comfortable in approach and landing, and the setting of the variometer is still not satisfying, so…
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1er remorqué d’un Sparrowhawk par un avion certifié

jac 3 July 2019

En l’occurence, un DR380. Aux Etats-Unis, lorsqu’il avait essayé le Sparrowhawk, jac avait été remorqué par un L19 de 230cv et un Pawnee de 260cv; les pentes de montées étaient impressionnantes. Avec le DR380, au 3ème remorqué, le vario moyen…
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First flight of a Sparrowhawk 11m in Europe

jac 24 June 2019

The 21st of June, jac made his first flight with the Sparrowhawk he bought in the USA 6 years ago… The Sparrowhawk was designed by Windward / Oregon to be a FAR 103 glider (US utralight), so to match the…
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