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Braunschweig - ASK 13

This is an ASK 13 glider, registration D-4681, short before touchdown at Braunschweig, Germany (EDVE). This upload kicks off a short series of aviation pictures I took in Braunschweig in summer 1999 and summer 2000.

 

Taken with a Nikon F4E and a Sigma 400/5.6 AF ED attached, Ektachrome Elite 100, digitized from a print.

 

For those interested some data of the Schleicher ASK 13:

 

General characteristics

 

Crew: Two

Length: 8.18 m (26 ft 10 in)

Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)

Height: 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)

Wing area: 17.5 m2 (188 ft2)

Aspect ratio: 14.6

Wing profile: Göttingen 535/549

Empty weight: 290 kg (640 lb)

Gross weight: 480 kg (1,060 lb)

 

Performance

 

Maximum speed: 200 km/h (125 mph)

Maximum glide ratio: 28

Rate of sink: 0.81 m/s (160 ft/min)

 

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Uploaded on October 29, 2011
Taken on July 4, 1999