gjhdiver 0 #1 September 27, 2007 My old club's first jump plane. Cramped, noisy and cold, but at least it was slow. Still see them around in various parts of the world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #2 September 27, 2007 PZL 104 wilga scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #3 September 27, 2007 Quote PZL 104 wilga Indeed it is sir. The lowest tech plane I think I ever jumped from. I last jumped one in 1990 just outside Krakow. Just as cold and slow as I remember, but fun all the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #4 September 27, 2007 I think that thing was buzzing around my ears last night and hit it with a fly swatter. Looks about the size of a Mattel model.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #5 September 27, 2007 QuoteMy old club's first jump plane. Cramped, noisy and cold, but at least it was slow. Still see them around in various parts of the world. Wilga, and I think they were marketed in the US as the "Storch" (stork). What amazed me was how slowly the thing climbed. Given its power, the size of its prop and its ungainly STOL appearance, I expected it to climb like a scared cat. No such luck. It was on a par with an AN-2, so getting to 1,000 metres was quite the achievement. Blue skies, Winsor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSBIRD 1 #6 September 28, 2007 Quote Wilga, and I think they were marketed in the US as the "Storch" (stork). Blue skies, Winsor The Wilga, and Feisler Storch, although both 'funky' looking STOL aircraft, are not the same. BASE359"Now I've settled down, in a quiet little town, and forgot about everything" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #7 September 28, 2007 QuoteQuote Wilga, and I think they were marketed in the US as the "Storch" (stork). Blue skies, Winsor The Wilga, and Feisler Storch, although both 'funky' looking STOL aircraft, are not the same. BASE359 "Wilga" is Polish for "Thrush". "Storch" is German for "Stork". Different birds.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #8 September 28, 2007 I was at Oshkosh in '96 and saw something I thought was kind of funny. A Wilga was there on display, right around the corner from a little homebuilt demonstrator. Can't remember what homebuilt it was... never made it onto the market. But they were letting anyone climb right in, all week long. Over at the Wilga, I saw one guy climbing up into it. A company rep yelled at him, "HEY! You can't get in it! If we let everyone climb in, there wouldn't be a plane left at the end of the show!" Thought it was pretty ironic, considering how big and tough a plane it is compared to the little homebuilt. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #9 September 28, 2007 QuoteMy old club's first jump plane. Cramped, noisy and cold, but at least it was slow. Still see them around in various parts of the world. How many jumpers could ride in that Wilga? What's the purpose of those long spindly legs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piper17 1 #10 September 28, 2007 I jumped a Wilga in Indonesia when I was demonstrating new parachute equipment to the Indonesian military in the early 1980s. We put three jumpers in the aircraft and, as I recall, this pretty much filled it. The long, spindly landing gear would be for rough-field operations...avoiding prop strikes."A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #11 September 28, 2007 Quote How many jumpers could ride in that Wilga? What's the purpose of those long spindly legs? Three, and it was cozy at that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
