If You could only have Four Nostaliga designs...

[Raymund Reyes]

Okay, got a little bored and classic ships have gotten on my mind so here's the question:

If you could have only four "nostalgic" or classic Thermal ships, what would the be?

Mine:
1. Lee Renaud Esprit
2. Bird of Time
3. Aquila Grande
4. Sailaire

so come on and lets see your favorites :)

Godspeed and see you on the flipside,
Ray

[bwaltz]

1. Bird of Time - just finished!
2. SailAire - on the board next
3. Paragon - can't find a kit - one on eBay is over $100!!!
4. Oly II or LegionAire - hard one to decide there

Don't tell my Moldie friends. I will deny it!

Brett

[Ollie]

I would go with:
1. Grand Espirit
2. Bird of time
3 Paragon
4. Legionair

If carbon spars are allowed the order would be rearanged to:
1. Bird of Time
2. Legionair
3. Grand Espirit
4. Paragon

[Vince inTX.]

I have a Paragon.
The Bird Of Time will be next.
Maybe the Legionair after that, or a Sailair.

More than 3 big birds in the house is grounds for Divorce in my wifes opinion.....

Vince

Next stop.......cloud base!

[schrederman]

1.) Legionair 100
2.) Legionair 132
3.) Legionair 140
4.) Grand Esprit

I am flying a Legionair 140 and 100 that I scratch built. I am in the process of building an OLY II for Deano, and a BoT for me. Skybench is still weeks out on kit availability for the Legionairs, and I suspect the kit prices will be a bit high. These ships are hard to get trimmed amd balanced correctly, but the last 2 flights on the L140 have been 52 and 47 minutes...and I thermal the 100 out from handlaunches pretty regularly. I will probably build an Astro Jeff this winter, just because I always wanted one.:D

Jack Womack

[Raymund Reyes]

Hi Jack,

a friend has a Astro Jeff kit and man that thing is one big and pretty ship:)

I gotta build a BoT with a glass fuse and laser cut ribs one of these days;)

lol vince :)
Ray

[kingbee]

In no particular order:

Mirage
Aquila
Oly 2
Maestro Mk III or Megan


Cheers,
Dave

[neonbutterfly]

Mirage (have 2 over 20 years old and still flying)
Craft-Air SD-100 (over 20 years old)
Graupner "Cirrus" (have an original kit, not built)
Aquila

I will build the Cirrus and a new Mirage over the winter. I really love the Nostalgia class!!!!

Bob LSF 186

[tonyestep]

I guess I just have to be contrary...
Challenger
Viking II
Legionair
Oly II
all with carbon spars, of course.

[Ric Duley]

Bird of Time
OlyII
Paragon
Sailaire

[Don Mackay]

Bird of Time
Viking
Windfree
Astro Jeff

[Gliderguy]

Bird of Time - (want one)
Oly II - (have one & fly it)
Astro Jeff (have one need to finish it)
Grand Esprit (love to have one)

[Daveairway]

Guess I am all ready over the limit :D
3 Bird of Times
2 Saggita 900's
1 Viking

But, if we only count one of each of the above ;) I would add:
The Saggita XC or the Aquilla XL (another XC ship)

Dave

[Dewey12]

Something to look at . Here is and older oriinal design that I am reconditioning . Its about 12--15 years old and a wonderful thermal sailplane for its size. 133 inches, RES. Need to finish the stab and cover. More later Dewey12

[Dewey12]

Dewey12

[RCFlybry]

Dewy, That bird is beautiful! It's even looking sweet in the bare bones state that it's at.
My 4 would be:
Bird of Time
Aquila
Challenger
Viking

[DGG]

Hobie Hawk (try and find one!)
Dodgson's many classics

[targetdrone]

1. Paragon (I should have never sold mine)
2. BoT
3. Oly II (I bought a used one for $100, great investment)
4. Sailaire

[Dewey12]

Side View, close up of previous two pictures. Original design

[thornburgav]

nt

[Dewey12]

Take your time and do nice work.

[Looooeeee!]

I aready have an Oly II and a MM Wanderer, I dearly love both. The Wanderer is a very sweet flyer for its basic construction, I can see why it was a popular beginners 72" ship in the '70's.

A Marks Model's Wanderer 99
A MM Windfree
Roger Sander's Windfreak
I'm torn between a bunch of the old Craft-Air ships but I'd have to have a Viking, and I love the Windrifter.

I've noticed that there wasn't much mention of 72" ships from that era, with todays light equipment you could make some awesome versions of old classics like the Drifter II, Sig Riser, Astro-Flight Super Malibu, even not so pretty designs from back then like the Soar Birdy, Ace High and even the Airtronics Square Soar (Blech!)

[peton]

Airtonics Oly II - have my original still!
Airtonics Sagitta 900
Hobie Hawk - Just aquired one!
Airtonics Questor (2 meter, but fun to fly!)