I started flying gliders in 1977 at the age of 16. At that time we did our basic training on the Schleicher Ka-4 Rhönlerche, a wood / tube and fabric glider, similar to a Piper Cub without an engine. The performance of the Rhönlerche was marginal from today’s point of view, with a best glide of 18 and a minimum sink of more than 1 m/s. The following picture of a Rhönlerche dates from around that time:
Unfortunately I had to stop flying after four years for health reasons. I promised myself however that one day I would fly again, build myself a plane and go and see the world with it (or at least part of it). Twenty years later, in 2001, I was able to regain my medical certificate and to resume flying. In the meantime I had a family, a job and a house, so I switched to motorplanes, giving me much more freedom to choose when to go flying.
After flying for some years I decided that it is time to proceed with the next step, which is building my own plane. This web site will document all aspects of that project, including kit selection, kit building and the flying of course.