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> From: DG Flugzeugbau EN
> Date: 8 August 2017 at 7:34:53 pm AEST
> To: Jane Gilbert
> Subject: DG Flugzeugbau News 3/2017
> Reply-To: DG Flugzeugbau
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> Dear Customer
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> In the following DG Group Newsletter we inform you about the latest news from
> DG Flugzeugbau, DG Flugzeugbau-Service, DG Composites and DG AeroTEC.
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> LS1-f neo Winglets and Fuselage-Wing Transition Certification Completed!!!
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> Our brand new LS1-f neo Winglets and the new fuselage-wing transition are
> officially certified now! This week we received approval for TN63. We'd like
> to say "thank you very much!" to all our customers who supported this project
> by placing an option! All pilots are very happy with their winglets and we
> are sure that we will hear a lot …
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> Read more.
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> US Air Force Academy Pilot visits DG Flugzeugbau
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> On July 3rd, Maeve Daw who is currently studying at the United States Air
> Force Academy came to Bruchsal to visit our manufactory. Although she is
> still quite young, Maeve is already a flight instructor and flies gliders
> with the US Air Force Academy’s aerobatic team. While traveling in Germany
> together with her family she decided to have a close …
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> Read more.
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> DG-1001Club neo demo flights at Lasham/GB
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> From August 13th till August 25th we base our DG-1001Club neo demonstrator at
> Lasham/GB and would like to offer demo flights to our customers. Please feel
> free to contact our Sales Director Stefan Göldner via
> goeld...@dg-flugzeugbau.de to make an appointment.
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> Read more.
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> German Championships in Standard-Class - Big Victory for LS8-neo!
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> Congratulations to Kilian Biechele for winning the German Standard-Class
> Champion title on his LS8-neo. Björn Ginzel (LS8) became second, followed by
> Robert Schroeder with his LS8-neo. In the end, six LS8 placed in the top-ten.
> Four of them equipped with our neo winglets. An impressive success! Almost 30
> LS8 have been converted to the neo version already. Together with the …
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> Read more.
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> Jelmer Wassenaar on the Podium during the Dutch National Championships
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> Jelmer Wassenaar, DG's head of Engineering and member of Team Netherlands,
> reached the podium during the National Championships in Terlet/Netherlands.
> He placed 3rd with his LS10 in 18m Class. Pilots on LS8 have been quite
> successfull as well! Robbie Seton and Sjoerd van Empelen placed 2nd and 3rd
> in "Combi-Class". Tjeerd Reitsma unfortunately missed the podium with his 4th
> place. …
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> Read more.
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> Double Victory for LS8-neo at Hahnweide Competition 2017
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> Congratulations to Simon and Robert Schroeder for their double victory in
> Standard Class during the Hahnweide Competition 2017! After the second out of
> six competition days, they flew to the ranking's top and were able to
> maintain their position till the very end. Simon performed a great flight and
> was able to overtake his father on the last day. This …
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> Read more.
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> Matthias Arnold reports about flying the LS-1f neo
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> 1.5 Months of Soaring in the Club Class… …and pleasantly surprised! I have to
> admit that after an intense year of flying the „OLC“, a Discus2ct, I was a
> bit skeptical about switching to a club class glider. But after ten flights
> and some 40 hours in the cockpit of DG Flugzeugbau’s LS1-f Neo my skepticism
> was finally blown away …
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> Read more.
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> Congratulations to Przemyslaw Bartczak for winning the FCC Gliding
> Competition in Prievidza
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> Congratulations to Przemyslaw Bartczak for winning the 15m class FCC Gliding
> Competitin in Prividza on his LS8-neo! He recently upgraded his glider with
> our new neo-winglets. With this victory the retrofit was a full success!
> Miroslav Cink became third with an LS8. All the best to the Pilots and many
> happy landings in future!
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> Read more.
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> The DG-1001's electrically operated landing gear
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> Here comes a small video to describe operation of the DG-1001's
> electrically operated landing gear.
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> Read more.
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> AK-X Flying Wing first introduced at the AERO
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> The Akaflieg Karlsruhe’s project AK-X which is supported by DG Flugzeugbau
> and DG Composites was now first introduced to a broad audience at the Aero
> 2017 in Friedrichshafen. Visitors were invited to marvel at the fuselage’s
> mockup and the unique glider’s failure-test wing on display. Last year DG had
> milled all full-size molds needed to fabricate the “fuselage” and the …
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> Read more.
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> Congratulations to Simon Schroeder
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> Simon Schroeder is the proud winner of Pribina Cup 2017 (Nitra) with his
> LS8-neo in 15m class! Dennis Huybreckx and Jeroen Jennen became second and
> third, also flying with LS8. In total, the