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Mark gave me an early cross country lesson with this Skylark. We both had
declared a 300K out and return. I departed first in my SHK but was making
slow progress into a stiff headwind >25knots. I was flying too
conservatively. Mark arrived in the 4 and when we got to the top of the
climb (~4200agl IIRC) he pointed the nose of down and took off upwind. It
sure looked extreme, but I thought what the heck and followed suite and we
started making real progress until we got cut off by solid overcast. I
started flying less conservatively after that.

Frank Whiteley

"Tim Mara" <tim@wingsandwheels.com> wrote in message
news:97ub250huv@enews3.newsguy.com...
> I agree...
> I too had a Skylark 4 (and a Skylark 2)
> The Skylark is a big ship on the ground...but really a beautiful flyer in
> the air (but don't expect to go too fast)
> With so many newer glider pilots going direct from trainers to glass it's
a
> bit of a shame that they missed out on some of these great older
> birds......and missed a great deal of what soaring was (is) all about...
> tim
>
> "Ian Johnston" <engs0011@ermine.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:97ra0b$hdo$2@news.ox.ac.uk...
> > In uk.rec.aviation MM <mark@hawksfarm.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> > : Slingsby Skylark 4 glider for sale
> >
> > : It has a min. L/D of 38:1, and min. sink of 1.1 kts.
> >
> > The Skylark 4 is truly a beautiful glider, but 38:1 seems a little
> > overoptimistic ... Ellison and Janes both put it at 36:1, and applying
> > the standard Slingsby correction factor suggests 32:1 or so. Which would
> > accord with it being handicapped a little less leniently than my 30.4:1
> > Pirat.
> >
> > But it's a quibble. Anyone wanting a first cross-country glider with
> > style should definitely investgate this!
> >
> > Ian
>
>

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