Thruxton Airfield
Andover
Hampshire
UK
Southern Sailplanes proprietor Ralph Jones was the agents in Britain for Schempp-Hirth KG.
Southern Sailplanes were converting a 17.6m span Cirrus to have a wing of 24m, with a centre-section of 5m span having spars constructed with carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The estimated competition date was 1971.
All Aero 