Currently Owned by: Simon Smith and Alan Seear

STATUS: In Service

LOCATION: Surrey Hills GC,  Kenley Airfield
 

Prior to its purchase by Simon Smith and Alan Seear, No. 108 was owned and flown by Luka Znidarsic in Slovenia. Luka and his father owned No. 108 for more than 9 years. In that time, they flew it ca. 1400 hours. Luka now has approximately 650 hours in this glider.

It was produced in 1971, serial number 108 (Originally YU-4200, then S5-3059 (LZ)). It was built in Germany, and only finished in Yugoslavia, but in papers is written as the first Yugoslavian Open Cirrus, but is of better quality than later VTC machines.  (In Slovenia, there is currently only one more Cirrus, but it is a "real" VTC production. VTC made about 60 gliders; it is reported most of them were broken, because of bad quality of fuselage in the rear part of the fuselage, at the tail.)

In winter 1995-96 this Cirrus was completely renewed by Luka and friends from ELAN (where there is now Slovenian production of DG gliders). They made a completely new finish of exterior surfaces and cockpit interior. This glider is in really excellent condition - like new. It had 2400 hours and 950 starts at that time.