No Graham, our Foka 4A had the reverse colouring. Mostly white with a burnt orange flash down the fuse. GUW. It was a beautiful thing to fly.
I have now located the original identification plate. Build year 1967. Too bad, it would have been a good story. Mike -----Original Message----- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Graham Watts Sent: Monday, 5 September 2011 11:30 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Fokas - South Carney Is this the one? I took this photo in 1965 or 1966 at Camden. George Detto in the cockpit if I remember. Graham On 4/09/2011 10:27 PM, Paul Mander wrote: > Small world, Jarek. > Having finally got to look at the footage, I see Foka IV, competition > number 70. That was in 1965. > In 1969 Mike Timbrell, a couple of other Sydney Tech Gliding Club > members and I bought a Foka IV from the Bathurst Soaring Group, a > syndicate of eight that included Merv Waghorn. They had owned the > glider for a few years, so it must have been imported soon after 1965. > It had competition number 70 on the fin, in exactly the same style as in the film. > I think there is a strong chance that this is the same glider. I did > my Silver and Gold flights in it, and thereby established some great > friendships with members of the old Concordia Gliding Club during > their camps at Forbes. > We had that very rigging tool, never had a problem but one had to be > careful with alignment. > Sadly, the glider was written off in a take off accident; the Foka IV > had huge spoilers, far too much drag for a mere Auster to overcome. > It was an interesting glider, all wood, having no spar. It depended on > its thick plywood skins for the wings' strength. We encountered glue > problems which thereafter always lurked, in my mind at least. Might > have been a good thing that it went. Apart from that, I've always > thought it to be the best wooden glider ever made. > Another connection; I was taken for my first glider flight in 1968 by > Peter Hanneman, ex RAF Red Arrows and recent New Australian. What > chance that he was flying one of the (?) Hawker Hunters in the Opening > Day aerobatic display? Peter may even have had a hand in the glider's > purchase and he lives in Bathurst. Mike Timbrell is in a position to > check, and I'm sure he'll let us know. > Thanks for the memories. > Paul Mander > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net > [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Jarek > Mosiejewski > Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2011 6:44 AM > To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Fokas - South Carney > > Something about Fokas but on much happier note. > Recently discovered in the archives, Polish propaganda movie about the > 1965 World Comps in South Cerney from the Polish team perspective: > http://www.flyingtv.pl/film,lotnictwo62,filmy-0,ile-10,samolot-415.htm > l If you can bear the comments in Polish, a very slow server and > lengthy socialist propaganda scenes, there are some interesting > moments showing the world comps in the 60b, including a Foka being > rigged with the proper T-wrench. > > Regards > Jarek > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
