Grif Spy

A 1993 hang glider.

SPY 14
Wing area: 14 m²
Wing span: 10.45 m
Aspect ratio: 7.8
Hang glider weight: 30 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 50 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 70 kg
Nose angle: 127°

SPY 15
Wing area: 14.8 m²
Wing span: 10.8 m
Aspect ratio: 7.8
Minimum pilot weight: 65 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 95 kg
Nose angle: 127°

Grif H2000

A 1995 hang glider for Intermediate pilots.

H2000 14
Wing area: 14.5 m²
Wing span: 9.2 m
Hang glider weight: 22 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 45 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 65 kg
Minimum speed: 25 km/h
Maximum speed: 85 km/h
Packed length: 4.58 m
Packed length short: 3.57 m
Number of battens: 17
Nose angle: 120°

H2000 15
Wing area: 15.5 m²
Wing span: 9.6 m
Hang glider weight: 24 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 65 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 90 kg
Minimum speed: 25 km/h
Maximum speed: 85 km/h
Packed length: 4.81 m
Packed length short: 3.8 m
Number of battens: 17
Nose angle: 120°

H2000 16
Wing area: 16.5 m²
Wing span: 10 m
Hang glider weight: 28 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 85 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 110 kg
Minimum speed: 25 km/h
Maximum speed: 85 km/h
Packed length: 5.04 m
Packed length short: 4.03
Number of battens: 19
Nose angle: 120°

H2000 Biplace
Wing area: 18.8 m²
Wing span: 10.9 m
Hang glider weight: 31 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 100 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 160 kg
Minimum speed: 28 km/h
Maximum speed: 85 km/h
Packed length: 5.49 m
Packed length short: 4.13 m
Number of battens: 21
Nose angle: 120°

Grif Bold

Hang glider

Bold 13
Wing area: 13.1 m²
Wing span: 10.45 m
Aspect ratio: 8.25
Minimum pilot weight: 50 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 70 kg
Nose angle: 127°

Bold 14
Wing area: 13.9 m²
Wing span: 10.8 m
Aspect ratio: 8.25
Minimum pilot weight: 60 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 90 kg
Nose angle: 127°

Grif Hobby

Hang glider

Hobby 14
Wing area: 14.5 m²
Wing span: 9.6 m
Aspect ratio: 16.3 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 45 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 65 kg
Nose angle: 120°

Hobby 15
Wing area: 15.5 m²
Wing span: 9.6 m
Aspect ratio: 5.9 kg
Minimum pilot weight: 65 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 90 kg
Nose angle: 120°

Hobby 2 14
Hang glider circa 1998.
Wing area: 14.5 sq.m
Pilot weight: 45-65 kg
Wing span: 9.2 m
Nose Angle: 120 deg
Price (1998) 4700000 Lr

Hobby 2 15
Hang glider circa 1998.
Wing area: 15.5 sq.m
Pilot weight: 65-90 kg
Wing span: 9.6 m
Nose Angle: 120 deg
Price (1998) 4700000 Lr

Hobby 2 16
Wing area: 16.5 m²
Wing span: 10 m
Minimum pilot weight: 85 kg
Maximum pilot weight: 110 kg
Nose angle: 120°

Hobby 2 BI
Hang glider circa 1998.
Wing area: 18.8 sq.m
Pilot weight: 100-160 kg
Wing span: 9.1 m
Nose Angle: 120 deg

Grif EOS

A 1997 hang glider for advanced pilots.

EOS 13
Hang glider circa 1998.
Wing area: 13.3 sq.m
Wing span: 9.7 m
Nose Angle: 127 deg
Hang glider weight: 27 kg
Packed length: 5.48 m
Packed length short: 3.8 m
Number of battens: 27
Pilot weight: 45-70 kg
Minimum speed: 28 km/h
Maximum speed: 100 km/h
Price (1998) 7100000 Lr

EOS 14
Hang glider circa 1998.
Wing area: 14 sq.m
Wing span: 10.1 m
Hang glider weight: 30 kg
Nose Angle: 127 deg
Pilot weight: 65-80 kg
Minimum speed: 28 km/h
Maximum speed: 100 km/h
Packed length: 5.67 m
Packed length short: 3.99 m
Number of battens: 31
Price (1998) 7100000 Lr

EOS 15
Hang glider circa 1998.
Wing area: 14.7 sq.m
Wing span: 10.5 m
Nose Angle: 127 deg
Hang glider weight: 30 kg
Packed length: 5.85 m
Packed length short: 4.08 m
Number of battens: 31
Pilot weight: 80-110 kg
Minimum speed: 28 km/h
Maximum speed: 100 km/h
Price (1998) 7100000 Lr

Grif

Italo Graziani and Nazzareno Sivestrini started business around 1989.

1998: Via Galileo, Galilei Loc Paolo, I-01030 Castel Sant’Elia (VT) Italy

Via Galieli snc, Dom.Fisc. Piazza G.Rossini 4
01030 Castel Sant`Elia (VT), Italy.

Hang glider builder

Gold Marque Sports Javelin

The 1984 Javelin was a superb handling 5th generation machine which also flew slower at min sink than other gliders. The Javelin CS was priced at £1375 inc VAT. The Javelin 169 VBwas priced at £1225.00 inc VAT

Included as standard equipment were a nose-cone fairing, velcro-on tip fairings, muscle box variable geometry system and breakdown leading edges. Optional extras included speed bar, mylar leading edges and for competition mylar or sandwich cloth mainsail and a full set of faired tubes.

Javelin 169 VB
Min Sink: 180 ft/min
L/D: 13 to 1
Stall speed: 15 mph
Top speed: 60 mph

Gold Marque Sports Marauder

The 1981 Marauder is a new double surface glider manufactured by Gold Marque Sports in Yorkshire. The tips float up under load making for easy landings and by clever sailmaking are ‘cupped’ to exhaust the high pressure air behind and downwards to delay the tip vortices which normally occur inboard of the tips, so cutting down the effective span. The machine has no vertical keel pocket, but rather a horizontal one which allows the keel sideways movement at the rear. Vertical surface behind the centre of pressure is provided by a fin which is attached between the king post and the back-stay wire.

Wing area: 175 sq ft
Double surface: 98 %
Nose angle: 128 deg