CLASSIFY VINTAGE GLIDERS.

The way it works; follow the next steps.

1)Take as the basic year the year your are counting.

For example this year is 2010, when you are counting in 2011 than the year is 2011 and so on.

2)Year of design of the type.

3 Points a year.

3)First test flight of the (proto)type.

1 point a year

4)Derivative and strong likeness of an older glider type.

1 Point for every year in between the year off design of the (basic) type and the year of design of the glider you are classifying for. A different Mark does not count.

5)Age of the glider.

2 Point a year.

6)Rarity of the glider.

Points when the classifying Glider is airworthy; / Number of gliders of the classifying type / Points when the classifying Glider is not airworthy;
100 / 1 / 80
80 / 2 – 5 / 60
60 / 6 – 10 / 40
40 / 11 – 25 / 20
20 / 26 – 50 / 10
10 / 51 – 100 / 0
0 / 101 and more / 0

7)Different mark of the basic type, or different builder than the original company.

Points when the classifying Glider is airworthy; / Number of gliders of the different Mark from the basic type or different builder than the original company / Points when the classifying Glider is not airworthy;
10 / 1 / 8
8 / 2 – 5 / 0
0 / 6 and more / 0
Classifying
Class / Definition / Points
1 / Modern glider / 0 – 100
2 / Ordinary glider / 101 – 200
3 / Obsolete glider / 201 – 300
4 / Old timer / 301 – 350
5 / Classic glider / 351 – 400
6 / Vintage glider / 401 and more

For example.

Step / glider / Scud III
ALJR
1935 / Minimoa
PH-848
1937 / Baby II
PH-801
1951 / T-31b
FDQ
1952 / Kranich II
PH-103
1954 / Go-4
PH-206
1954 / Ka-4
PH-247
1956 / Ka-6
PH-851
1957 / Sagitta
PH-403
1968
2 / 225
(1935) / 225
(1935) / 231
(1937) / 180
(1950) / 225
(1935) / 162
(1954) / 162
(1954) / 165
(1955) / 153
(1959)
3 / 75
(1935) / 73
(1937) / 73
(1937) / 60
(1950) / 75
(1935) / 72
(1938) / 56
(1954) / 54
(1956) / 50
(1960)
4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12
(1938 Tutor) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
5 / 150 / 146 / 118 / 116 / 112 / 112 / 108 / 106 / 84
6 / 80 / 80 / 10 / 20 / 80 / 80 / 10 / 0 / 60
7 / 0 / 0 / 10 / 0 / 10 / 8
(G0-4 I) / 0 / 0 / 0
Tot.: / 530 / 524 / 442 / 388 / 502 / 434 / 336 / 325 / 347
Class / 6 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 6 / 6 / 4 / 4 / 4

Remarks.

Ad 4.

‘Derivative and strong likeness of an older glider type’, means for example, the Prefect is made after the Baby, they used the drawings of the Baby to construct the Prefect.

The same with the Tandemtutor and the Tutor. The Tandemtutor is made after the Tutor, they used the drawings and made the fuselage longer for the second seat.

The Prefect is designed in 1950

The baby in 1932

It means 18 points

Ad 5.

- The C of A gives the actual age of the glider.

- When a restoration is carried out, using different components from other gliders, than is the age of the fuselage of the glider is definite.

When the fuselage is build up out of different gliders than is the biggest part definite for the age, but the part has to be at least 2/3rd of the fuselage, if not than is the age of the glider the age of the part that is next as big as 2/3rd. Is there no part big enough (2/3rd) than is the age of the biggest part of the fuselage definite.

Ad6.

‘Rarity of the glider’. of a glider means that a single surviving glider is of more historical value than one out of hundred. In this case is a different mark (Baby I, II, IIb) not important, even if it is build by a different company or by a private person.

Ad 7.

‘Different mark of the basic type, or different builder than the original factory’. In this case does it make a difference if the glider is a single Mark, or build by a private person of a different company. If there is one Baby III only or A baby rare Baby from Fokker than it would merit more points. It means you can have two possibilities to get points, first you are looking for the different Mark and after that if there is a other company or private builder

Jan Forster

First version: 12.09.1997

Second version: 06.10.2010