Articles
Although most articles originally are written in German, it is our goal to
translate as much as possible into English, so that every non-German visitor
is also able to enjoy this Taifun related stuff, flight-reports, brochures
and articles.
Article
(5 images) by John Callahan on a flight to Lake Eyre (Australia) with
his newly bought Taifun 17EII (VH-OZT), at the moment the only Taifun
flying in Australia as far as we know.
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Article
(20 images) by webmaster Leo on a short flight which Henk (D-KFDI) and
Manfred (D-KKGG) made in May 2009 visiting the island of Helgoland.
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Article
(with 12 images) in English by Luc Vermeulen (D-KJTN) on how he constructed
a wing dolly for his Taifun 17E.
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Flight
report (with 21 images) in English by Michel Mulder (D-KFIH, EHLE Lelystad)
on a 14 day trip with his newly acquired Taifun to the north of Scotland.
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Flight
report (with 14 images) in German and English by Dietrich Brönner
& Hans-Peter Gottlob (D-KGAN, Berlin) on a 8 day trip with their
Taifun to the Aegean Sea region in May 2008.
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Article
(6 images) in English by Taifun pilot Luc Vermeulen on the Hassfurt
2008 Taifun meeting. At the end of the article there's also a link to
a 10 minute you-tube movie made by Daniel Petterson flying from Eskilstuna
(Sweden) to Hassfurt (Germany) to the Taifun meeting.
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Newspaperarticle
(3 images) in both German and English on the Hassfurt 2008 Taifun meeting
as published in Hassfurt Tagblatt on 2.09.2008 by reporter Ulrike Langer.
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Newspaperarticle
(1 image) in German on the Hassfurt 2008 Taifun meeting as published
in Neue Presse Coburg on 2.09.2008 by reporter Manfred Wagner.
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Short
article (1 image) in German by Niklaus Wächter on the Taifun meeting
2008 in Hassfurt, Germany.
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Short
article (2 images) in English by Allan Melendy on an early August flight
with his Taifun 17E II (the only one to fly in the USA).
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Short
article (3 images) in German and English on yet another surprise made
by Swiss Taifun pilot Niklaus Wächter when reassembling the wings
of his motorglider. Shortly followed by a discovery of the same kind
made by Urs Gerigk, living in Berlin Germany, several hundreds of miles
northeast.
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Short
article in German and English with one image and a movie about the only
Taifun 17EII capable of towing.
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Article
(with 9images) in German and English languages, written by Taifun pilot
Niklaus Wächter, about a fotoshoot of Swiss Alp tops while flying
his Taifun D-KRRK.
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"So
you want to buy a Taifun? / So, Sie möchten eine Taifun kaufen?" |
Article
(with 20 images), written by Belgian pilot Luc Vermeulen, about his
experiences when buying his dream; a second hand Valentin Taifun motorglider.
Available in both English and German language.
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Article
as published in aerokurier magazine January 1980, (in German language,
9 b/w images), about the new Valentin Taifun motorglider.
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Story
in German (English translation also available) by Niklaus Wächter
on an autumnal flight with his Taifun 17 E II around the Swiss Lake
Luzern in September 2007. Contains 6 beautiful images.
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Story
in German by Niklaus Wächter on flying in the Andalusian part of
Spain. Translation into English is being worked upon.
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Short
story in German and English featured in the Pilot und Flugzeug magazine
(in German) about a fly-in at Berlin Tempelhof on September 15th 2007.
Tempehof is about to close in October 2008. Manfred Garben was present
with his Taifun 17E D-KKGG and also made some pictures. Translation
into English is being worked upon.
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Check this one out, you won't
believe your eyes...
Picture and some short additional info in English and German by Elisabeth Wächter. |
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Pseudo live report in English
by webmaster Leo on the flight (July 14th - July 26th) of Henk, Elly,
Manfred and Gaby with their Taifuns D-KFDI and D-KKGG along the French
coast.
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Article in English by Luc
Vermeulen (with a dozen + images) about a flight he made in May 2007
with Henk and the Taifun 17E II D-KFDI, from Geilenkirchen (ETNG, Germany)
to Kaposujlak (LHKV, Hungary).
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Article in both English and
German (with 4 images) by Niklaus Wächter on the sad sad situation
of Taifun 17 E nr. 1080.
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Article in English (with
several images) by webmaster Leo, on a second monument in this little
Belgian town, built as a protest againts all wars.
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Article in English (with
several images and 5 YouTube videos) by webmaster Leo, on the first
use of gliders in May 1940 by the German army.
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"The
common crane is flying towards Spain" |
Article (with 8 images and
3 YouTube videos) in English on Henk sighting a very large flock of
cranes passing overhead at his home on November 29th 2006 by webmaster
Leo.
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Article (with 12 images)
in German and English on the CFI-flight to Lapalisse (France) in September
2006 by Christian Müssemeyer.
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Full length version of the
article in Aerokurier 8/2006 by Manfred Garben on the April 2006 flight
to the Scilly Islands, Guernsey and Belle-Ile. German language article
(with 13 images), also translated into English.
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Article (with 13 images)
in English on a flight from Speyer (Germany) to Bilbao (Spain) by Luis
Avila who made this trip to bring his newly bought German Taifun D-KMKA
to his homebase in Spain.
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Article (with 13 images)
in both German and English on the July 2006 CFI-flight to Popham (UK),
written by Christian Müssemeyer.
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Daily update (June18th 2006
- June 30th 2006) in English on a flight of two Taifuns (D-KFDI and
D-KHNO) to Corsica.
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A second story, in German
and English, on the April 2006 flight to the Scilly Islands (with 14
images) written by Urs Gerigk, one of the participants.
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Daily update (June1st 2006
- June 6th 2006) in English on a CFI-flight by 8 planes, amongst which
Henk with his Taifun D-KFDI that was originally planned to go to Mallorca,
but ended up in Britanny France.
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Daily update (April14th 2006
- April 20th 2006) in English on a flight of two Taifuns (D-KFDI and
D-KKGG) to the Scilly Islands.
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Aviation aphorisms by Henk,
English and German version.
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Article (with several images)
in English on a flight to Hamm where this year's Taifun-Treffen (2006)
will be held, written by webmaster Leo.
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Article (with 16 images)
in English on the amazing possibilities of the free downloadable program
Google Earth, written by webmaster Leo.
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Article (with 14 images)
in English on a historical event that caused Nazi Germany to alter their
plans for the invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands in January 1940,
written by webmaster Leo.
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Article (with 12 images)
in English on a short flight from Geilenkirchen (ETNG) to Dahlemer Binz
(EDKV) and back again, written by webmaster Leo. German translation
is being worked upon.
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Article (with 12 images)
in German and English on a flight to the CFI meeting in Lapalisse (France)
in sept 2003, written by Christian Müssemeyer.
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Article in Germand and English
on French aviation communication language and expressions, originally
written in 2001 by Patrick Faucheron (CFI), updated in feb. 2006.
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German article (with 6 images),
also translated into English, about a flight with 3 motorgliders in
April 2004 from Mönchengladbach (Germany) to Nancy (France) and
back, written by Christian Müssemeyer.
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Article (with 7 images) in
German and English version. Html version of 80's brochure also available
in the downloads-section as 8 large pdf-files.
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| Article (with 5 images) in both German and English, by Gabrielle Brönner-Garben about the 3rd annual Taifun Treffen in May 2004, held at Oehna (EDBO). |
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| Article (with 20 images) in both German and English, about a flight by Gabriele Brönner-Garben and Manfred Garben with their Taifun 17E in the summer of 2002 around the Ostsee (Baltic Sea). |
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| German brochure on the Taifun 17E II. English translation also available. |
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| German and English article (with 14 images) about a flight by Gabriele Brönner-Garben and Manfred Garben with their Taifun 17E from Oehna (near Berlin) to the Greek island of Corfu in april 2003. |
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| German and English article (with 21 images) about a flight by Wolfgang Bertle in september 2000 across the European Alps. |
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