New Glider For Club

Big thrill for the Nelson Gliding Club was the arrival last month of its new two-seater Rhonadler sailplane from Germany. There were many willing hands to help unpack the beautiful machine and to help assemble it. It was then we took these pix.

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President, Dr Miles Hursthouse, and Morrie Allan remove the canopy prior to removing the fuselage from the crate.

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Reading assembly instructions are Miles Hursthouse, Morrie Allan, and chief instructor Arthur Jordan.

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The fuselage emerges

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The wings assembled