This may have already been posted but there are several interesting
birds shown here:

http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09.html

roger paxton

Very beautiful and complete photo report! Blanik gliders were very
common in European nations outside the socialist block, a former
German sailplane used for teaching, the 'Bergfalke' had the same
stepforward wings the Blanik has, this helps in maintaining the
gravity center within a range easy for airplane stability, and give
the pilot a good sight over terrain.

By the way, some years ago, a full size glider flying version of the
Messerchmitt Me-163 Komet, painted in red, attended several air
festivals, it had an accident that killed its woman pilot, accident
is in a YouTube video, I don't like at all to watch people die, so I
didn't watch this video, but would like having a reference for
looking for information about the reasons for that accident, if
there's some. Thank for your attention, best regards. Salut Jose
Gros-Aymerich Madrid, Spain


Jose,

Do you have any links or references verifying crash?

http://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/me163/kurz.htm Check out the SG 500 Jagerfaust in weapons section!
http://luckypuppy.net/the-me-163-flies-again/ (has video of glider flight)

Seem to be "alive & well"...

Maybe your thinking of when it was flown by Hanna Reitsch, not a glider version, didn't die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Reitsch

-Dan G.