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Black Forest Soaring Society pilots, one of them flying a LAK-17AT sailplane made an excellent showing at the U.S. Region 9 Contest in Parowan.  "In 18 meter, Clay Thomas in a LAK 17AT, VH, moved into first place overall with a winning speed of 95.1 MPH!!! On Day 4 Clay won the 18 m class in the LAK-17AT and Rick won the 15 m class while Dave moved up to 2^nd over all.  They were smoking!" Click here for the Contest Results.

Exciting new models of L-13 Blanik and L23 Super Blanik became available. So exciting that Blanik America has purchased a good supply of them in order to be able to offer the models to customers. The models are very finely crafted kits with numerous design schemes.
We are convinced that buyers will be really pleased with them. Call (509) 884-8305 or email us. Click here to send us your request.

ABADIE BERARD MARYLINE flying a LAK-17A won the 2009 French Feminine Championships.

The latest from Sportine Aviacija - the newest model LAK-17BT sailplane. Click here for photos from test flights. The factory team is quite pleased that their high expectations are being met. They reported:
"On May 7, 2009 in Leshno, one day before the Polish Open Class Championship, Sportine Aviacia with the help from the Polish gliding team have done comparison flight testing of the LAK-17BT and ASG-29. Both gliders were loaded to the same 56 kg/m2 wing loading. The tests were done at 200km/h; 160km/h and 120km/h. At all speeds, the LAK-17BT was equal or better than the ASG-29."

More than ten LAK-20 sailplanes have been sold, and three have already been delivered to customers as of Spring 2008.

The U.S. Civil Air Patrol took delivery of four more new L23 Super Blanik two-place training gliders for their operations in Oregon, New Mexico, and Nevada.

Blanik L-33 Solo the winner of Region 9 Contest. In Sports Class, the overall winner, and the best story of the contest, was Horst Roehler who won four out of six days in his first ever race in the L-33 Solo. This is a guy to keep an eye on in the future, especially if he moves up to a higher performing glider.

The U.S. Civil Air Patrol ordered four more new L23 Super Blanik two-place training gliders for their operation. Altogether, the CAP operates over 25 Blaniks distributed evenly among the 50 U.S. states.

Blanik America delivered two L23 Super Blaniks to the Colombian Air Force. The gliders entered operation  at the aviation academy at Cali, Colombia, South America (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana la Escuela Militar de Aviacion Marco Fidel Suarez - Cali), in the fall of 2005.

The U.S. Civil Air Patrol conducted a number of glider academies for their cadet pilots. John Sharp, one of the instructors, said: "This year I once again instructed at the Rome, GA, National Glider Academy.  We had 5 L-23s and 4 tow planes and flew over 800 flights in less than 10 days.  I was flying CAP's oldest L-23 and I have to tell you it performed great.  The abuse those aircraft take bringing a young student pilot from zero experience to solo in that 10 day period is high, and the strength of the L-23 to handle that abuse and keep on delivering is amazing." 

More LAK-17A sailplanes coming. Blanik America congratulates three new LAK-17A buyers who purchased their sailplanes.

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