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Caboolture Gliding Club

Soar like an eagle on silent wings in a friendly, cooperative club atmosphere from our base at Caboolture Airfield on Queensland's beautiful Sunshine Coast. New members and visitors are always welcome.

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Arrow VH-GPJ now resides at YCAB

Saturday 15-Aug-09

Steve Chapman arrived at YCAB late this afternoon in his Arrow (on aero tow from Boonah) to add to the growing vintage "wood and fabric" glider fleet which now includes a Schleicher K-7, a Schleicher Ka6-Cr, a Schneider ES-KA6 and a Schleicher ASK-14 motor glider.

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The one-piece wing Schneider ES-59 Arrow was designed by Harry Schneider (the son of Edmund Schneider, who designed the Granau Baby and manufactured in Germany before WW1). Edmund moved to Australia after the war with his two sons and, with support from the GFA, established a sailplane manufacturing business in Adelaide where several new sailplane designs were manufactured.