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VH-GRS
and VH-GRV side-by-side at Caboolture 05-Oct-09 |
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"Romeo
Sierra" was the first ever ES-KA6 and "Romeo
Victor" was the second. The ES-KA6 (built in Adelaide
under licence by Edmund Schneider) is a version of
the German manufacturer Albert Schleicher's Ka6-Cr sailplane. |
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GRS
was first registered in Aug'61 (ES Serial Number 50) and GRV
was first registered in Jul'62 (ES Serial Number 54). The
Schneider factory serial numbers were allocated in sequence as
gliders came off the production line ... irrespective of the
various models that were being produced. |
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The
photo above shows the first outing of GRS at Caboolture when
she was removed from the trailer after arriving from Victoria
... a nostalgic re-union of the two "first hatched"
ES-KA6 gliders. |
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is interesting to ponder as to how many times they may have
been been together before. |
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| Caboolture's
proud K6 owners ... Barry McCarthy & Garrett Russell (at
left and at right respectively - owners of ES-KA6 VH-GRS) with
Bernard "Speedy" Gonsalves (at front - owner of
Ka6-Cr VH-GSR) and Kevin Rodda (at back - owner of ES-KA6 VH-GRV). |
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| GRS
has had only two pre-McCarthy/Russell owners (Gliding Club of
Victoria at Benalla VIC and South Gippsland Gliding Club at
Leongatha VIC). |
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| GRV
has had several pre-Rodda owners (Marj Pegler - Quilpie QLD,
Ian Aspland - Kingaroy QLD, Goondiwindi Soaring Club
QLD, Charleville Soaring Club QLD, stored de-rigged under a
house at Charleville QLD for some 18 years through to 1999,
stored de-rigged by Barry Deeth for another 3 years at
Caboolture QLD, major restoration during 2002 and 2003 by
Thomas Dattner at Tyagarah NSW before migration to VIC under
the ownership Walter Dietz at Mangalore Gliding Club). |
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"Romeo Sierra" at SGGC. |
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Marj
Pegler's brand new ES-KA6 "Gorgeous Romeo Victor" in
August 1962 at Cornwall
Station, Quilpie QLD.
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