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| N9024U sn. 236 year: 0 | |
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Here's a nice pic with Dave Morss, a picture in memory of our deceased friend Pedro De La Serna. |
| D-0257 sn. 257go year: 1996 | Segelfluggelände Radevormwald -Leye |
    | After 13 year storaged in Tocumwal, the newest Calif 257GO assembled from Gomolzig late 1990 is back to Germany. Jeroen Bakker found this glider and transfered to Europe 2014. Peter Gomolzig and his Company checked the gilder, complet with Instrument and make ready to fly and now it is on the german register as D-0257 Website Radevormwald  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| D-2022 sn. 222 year: 1974 | |
    was before: F-CIKE | F-CIKE flies again! but change the sign. It was based in Romorantin, operated by French Air Force (FN). Then flying in South West of France in Nogaro. Sincerely Jean-Luc Clavel Now it change to Germany.... by Steffen   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| D-2034 sn. 234 year: 0 | |
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| D-2194 sn. 229 year: 10 | Belgium - EBKH |
    was before: I-CCCP | The yellow bird was the creation of Calif enthousiast Nino Paulini . He brought this glider to the highest level. New paint job , dark blue luxury interior , sealed to make it quieter and more comfortable and a new custom build Cobra trailer . After years of perfect maintenance Nino offered Steven Van Loven & Bart France the chance to fulfill a dream . The glider changed hands and has now home base Aeroclub Keiheuvel Belgium. Steven & Bart are Calif enthusiasts and participate at the successful Calif meetings with their Ladies Conny & Christa. This Calif has a level of perfection and is build in 1974 sn 229 with 800 h flight time. We call it " The Bentley of the sky" ... a luxury high performance side by side dream machine. Buellsteven@hotmail.com  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| D-2267 sn. 230 year: 1976 | Kempten - Durach (D) |
    | Hallo Georg, deine Calif-Zusammenstellung finde ich super! Ich fliege den Calif in Kempten-Durach. Ein interessanter Flugbericht: hier Es war ein unbeschreibliches Erlebnis. Jeder der schon einmal versucht hat, abends Frau und Kinder mit den Eindrücken des Tages zu Überfluten", weiss dass man solche Tage mit Worten nicht beschreiben kann. Das ist für mich ein Grund, Calif zu fliegen. Der Calif steht bei schnellem Wetter einem DUO-Discus oder einer DG 1000 wahrscheinlich nicht viel nach. Dafür ist er für einen Bruchteil des Geldes zu bekommen und der Spass des Side-by-Side-Fliegens ist einfach unschlagbar. Alpenfliegen mit dem Calif ist das Grösste! Nebeneinander sitzend lässt sich die Begeisterung verdoppeln. Schöne Grüsse Erik (Kurtz) erik.kurtz@web.de   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| D-6462 sn. 217 year: 1997 | Kirn (D) |
    was before: I-VIZP | (der ROTE) Wir hatten unseren Califen zu dritt im November 2005 gekauft und am 1. Januar 2006 den 1. Start auf einer schneebedeckten Bahn. Ich habe mir einige Umbauten vorgenommen. Die Sitzschale ist gerade (2006/07) in der Entwurfsphase und ich werde mit der Herstellung bald beginnen. Eine neue TEK-Düse ist auch schon an der Seitenflosse.   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| D-6600 sn. 238 year: 1977 | |
    was before: I-CEUD; | Dieser Calif war vorher in Frankreich F-CEUD und dann in der Schweiz (Willing), dann bis Mai 2011in Bozen, "dem Tor zu den Dolomiten" zu Hause (Georg Tschager). Nun ist er nach Vielbrunn im Odenwald gezogen. Segelflugplatz ( FSCM) Die Bilder sind noch die von den Dolomiten.... die neuen werden dann noch folgen, sowie ein Statement von Peter ..... Als immer noch begeisterter Calif-Fan werde ich die Webseite weiter betreuen. movie landing   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| D-6614 sn. 231 year: 0 | SERRES (France) (von Klaus Ohlmann) |
   was before: I-VIZP | Hallo Georg, eine schöne Webpage hast Du da. Ich habe nichts dagegen, dass Du meinen Califen abbildest. Die Bilder sind allerdings von Claus-Dieter Zink. Er ist professioneller Fotograf und stellt diese Bilder zur Verfügung...... Liebe Grüsse Klaus Ohlmann" weitere Bilder von Ohlmanns'Calif sind auf der Website von Claus Dieter Zink zu finden.... Lieber Klaus, ich hoffe dass dein weltbekanntes gelbes Stück wieder in die Luft kommt; wie sieht es damit aus?!? Georg |
| D-6616 sn. 243 year: 1978 | EDPU / Bartholomä |
    | von P.J. Becker (mit ca. 1300 Std.) nach Wanlo und nun zu Tim nach Stuttgart. Er wird mit großem Arbeitsaufwand auf Vordermann gebracht.   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| D-6635 sn. 245 year: 1978 | Reinsdorf |
    | Im April 2001 habe ich das Flugzeug aus Venezuela von dem einzigen Segelflugverein des Landes Planeadores Altagracia C.A. gekauft und nach Deutschland geholt. Das Flugzeug hatte bis dahin 34 Stunden Flugzeit und 49 Landungen absolviert. Die Luftwaffe Venezuela hatte 1978 drei Calif A21S gekauft, von denen nur einer mit der Werk-Nr..: 245 vom venezolanischen Segelflugverein erworben wurde. Die anderen beiden Flugzeuge sind nicht mehr vorhanden. Die Fa. Gomolzig hat uns die Fahrwerkswarnung wieder in Betrieb gesetzt. Jeder Calif war damit ausgerüstet. Die Schaltung kann auch übermittelt werden. Herzliche Grüße aus Brandenburg Rainer  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
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| F-CHHF sn. 218 year: 1976 | Les Ailes Dauphinoises at Cessieu ??? |
 | based in Aero club Les Ailes Dauphinoises at Cessieu ??? pls send me more info the webmaster Georg |
| F-CHPV sn. 246 year: 1981 | |
    | I will be happy to meet you by this web site. I'm calif owner years ago, and since the beginning I had looked for find information about Calif in general. My Calif is the last which had been built with set of parts of last Caproni production by this fact it had some differences with standard calif released its first flight in 1991. Since it had had three owners. Now it's my Calif. And it is based at Buno in south of Paris for 50 kms. If you want to know Buno there is the link http://www.aave-buno.net it's beautiful airfield in south of Paris near the Fontainebleau forest. For this beginning of year my mince activity is to build a new trailer to replace the original trailer who was near to brake down in parts. I hope to finish at the beginning of June and could do long ride other the country. The Calif is not easy to fit. So I create some tools to fit PV and now I can do it alone. I joint some pictures and I will be very happy to have a little place on your web site. my fight to Monte Rosa in connection by the meeting 2012 at Calcinate Fred.Dautreppe (05/2007) < mail:fred.dautreppe@hotmail.fr>   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
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Wir trauern um unseren Freund ERICH der uns im April 2017
leider allzufrüh verlassen hat | |
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 | April 2017, With great sadness we got the news our dear Friend Erich von Känel from Swiss has suddenly passed away to soon . Erich was a great man, skillet gliderpilot, a real Caproni Calif glider enthousiast, but most important a fantastic friend ! We would have meet again in just 2 weeks from now....it will be for an other time .... Our thoughts are with his wife Nanette . |
| G-CKNC sn. 240 year: 1977 | Lasham - UK |
    was before: F-CEUE at Vinon | the only Calif registered in the UK. is combined from two Califs that Vinon originally bought in 1977
based at Lasham is probably the biggest gliding club in the world with 7 professional instructors, two winches and 5 tugs planes. Damaged beyond economic repair in June 2008 by the previous owners during a field landing. Repairs started late in 2011. There were many delays along the way. Glider repaired by myself (Keith Walton) and Geoff Clark, spent 4.5 years rebuilding and repairing her, having to replace the centre section spar box because of corrosion was not anticipated. Fly again in 2016. We both became Calif enthusiasts along the way!
Picture from final glider over the South Coast of England to the Isle of Wight. two launching grids during the national competition. |
| I-IVCB sn. 251 year: 1980 | LUCCA - Tassignano ITALY |
  | ti ringrazio per il pregevole tentativo di censire i Calif e ti invio alcune informazioni del mio Calif. Ho acquistato anni fa il Calif 21 marche dall Aeroclub di Padova e attualmente volo a Lucca Tassignano. Il velivolo è in perfette condizioni con circa 700 ore di volo (2008).  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| OE-5700 sn. 253 year: 1981 | Spitzerberg - LOAS |
   | Ein ganz originell bemalter Calif Geflogen von Wolfgang Oppelmayer und Rudi Wenighofer ..., Hier im 3-Ländereck Slowakei/Ungarn/ Österreich an der Donau gelegen die Wiege des Österreichischen Segelfluges ? würde es euch sicher gefallen. Ich habe das erfolgreiche VGC ( Vintage Glider Club) Treffen 2011 hier bei uns organisiert. Leider haben wir uns entschlossen unseren roten "Alfa Romeo" Califen zu verkaufen.  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
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| PH-1126 sn. 250 year: 0 | |
    | Tapis Volant wich is French for flying carpet is a group of six glider pilots from Holland The reason for our name is because of the name Calif, a Caliph is an oriental head of state with a turban and a waterpipe perhaps so the avarage guy who flies flying carpets. The real reason for the name Calif is that it is a mixture of the constructors first names Carlo and Livio. Anyway,in 1996 the idea was born to buy a Calif and in 1997 our syndicate was founded. Through internet several options where found and we bought the one for sale in Ferrara, Italy from the Aeroclub "Mario Naldini". Before this we had flown the demo Calif from Gomolzig Flugzeugbau in Schwelm (Germany) who can assemble 6 new Califs from all the parts he has. And now after years of flying it we are still very happy with this extrordinary glider. That has proven to be at least speaking for myself the the ultimate in flying pleasure. Sure there are much better two seaters but it's worth a few L/D points to sit side by side. (compared to a Duo-Discus it is only 1,5 l/d points) And the reason for this page is that I discovered when looking for a Calif for sale that there was no source of information on it on the internet . So I started and got good feedback on it and it was very usefull in exchanging experiences with other A21S pilots all over the world. http://www.tapisvolant.nl video"   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| PT-PEK sn. 233 year: 1977 | Brasil |
    | Hi George, It is a pleasure make contact with other owner of this wonderful machine. Since a long time, I was wondering if one day I would have this plane, now it is real. I imagine how beatiful must be fliyng at the alps, if you have any pictures, send some please. give the complete direction of the website, so I can insert the pictures and statement, at the site. ( i am with blue shirt), if you wish, be my guest and insert them. Here are PT-PEK, with about 400 hours fliyed, and PT-PEJ (at maintence) Best regards, Bruno Nogueira Rodrigues |
| N206CA sn. 206 year: 1972 | USA |
  | sale in year 2005 owner mr Ray Williams. I sold May 2006 to San Antonio Texas. They had too much assembly help and some one tightened the (Bottom right wing pin) The right wing separated on lift off and destroyed the glider but saved the occupants. SN 206 was my first Caproni and now the USAF TG-12. I sold it to the Boeing Co. and they used it on a flight test program for a missile seeker. The nose cone was replaced with a Radome and the seeker was mounted in front of the pilot. The USAF obtained the glider at the end of the program. They had it restored to original configuration upon returning it to Tehachapi. Soon to be retired to the USAF Museum at Edwards Air Force Base.glider during the 1980's. It is currently in it's trailer at the Tehachapi Mountain Valley Airport where they conduct their glider training. It is scheduled to be installed into the museum later this year, hyperwave(at)earthlink.net |
| N210CA sn. 210 year: 1972 | USA Rebuild as the Jet |
    | Dave "Hammer" Harris and I had met a few times before, first in discussions about his beautiful BD-5J, which he flies for air shows and as a target for military fighters. When Dave mentioned that he'd have his custom Caproni A-21J in Ephrata in June, I looked forward to the opportunity to check it out. Dave is an outstanding aviation craftsman, and he felt the jet engine installation in the original Caproni A-21Js left something to be desired. He designed, fabricated and built his own custom jet engine installation in his A-21J, and the result is a work of art. We quickly taxied to the concrete end of the Ephrata glider launch ramp, and "pushed it up" for a nice rapid acceleration to takeoff speed. Even though the small jet only puts out about 200 pounds of thrust, we quickly established a 1500 FPM climb rate and blasted out of the local area. The Caproni A-21J is an amazing sailplane. Most glider pilots long for the freedom of a self-launching sailplane, but when you add the "sound of freedom" of a jet engine, and the impressive launch, climb and cruise capability it affords, you definitely know you've moved up a level.   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| N2CG sn. 209 year: 1972 | Hemet USA |
 | The Caproni in Stanton is located at the Hemet airport and is stored in a small hanger with rodent damage and probably no longer air worthy. Sorry |
| N40171 sn. 201 year: 1972 | USA |
 | Owned by the Mississippi Unif,MS,USA Is still in use to do airflow-testprograms. Sorry, it was lost last year when fog developed prior to landing and they hit a stump on landing. |
| N72312 sn. 228 year: 1975 | Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA |
    | I purchased #228 from Alan Smith. What a coincident to have a Calif for sale in my home state of South Carolina, only 2.5 hours away! The glider came with a nice Cobra trailer which really proved its worth on a long road trip last year to Moriarty, New Mexico (1,500 miles each way!). The instrument panel was modified slightly - I installed a PowerFLARM and a transponder. In addition, I installed a Mountain High O2 system, which came in handy while flying in New Mexico. The thermals there take you up to 18,000ft, the legal limit for VFR flights in the US. Best regards, Uli Neumann youtube.com/watch?v=HkV8_WCqA34   Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| N821NL sn. 257 year: 0 | USA |
  | This A21SJ StarShip was the last of the Jet Caproni aircraft produced by the factory. It was bought in 1984 by D. Reiser in the USA, and was flown in the Andes Expedition in 1986. Badly damaged in an offloading accident on the dock of Los Angeles, the ship was brought to me at Techsoar for a complete repair and upgrade. The project was completed 9 months later, now having new fuel cell, uprated (125 kg thrust TRS-18-056-1 engine), profiled wings, new polyurethane paint, landing gear components and so on. The ship was put into storage in 1993; I bought the aircraft from the estate in 2008 and have now finished refurbishing the bird for flight sometime this month (October 2008). Another fuel cell installed, "gommis" and soforth. I will upgrade the instrument panel soon, with LX computers and Dynon "glass" horizon instruments, as well as suitable transponder gear. I am looking forward to some true XC work with her! Nick Leonard To pay tribute to Mr. Carlo Ferrarin: 2 movies -one of the original Jet A21SJ and a other of the C22 small jet. http://www.ferrarin.eu/A/http___www.ferrarin.eu_A/A21SJ.html  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| N821SJ sn. 220 year: 10 | USA |
    was before: I_JETT | the first of the production Jets. Powered with a 100 KG thrust Microturbo, this aircraft was the airshow demonstrator for the factory. It was bought by Dick Reiser and imported into the USA. Mostly unused, it was brought to me ( Techsoar) for a complete rebuild. New fuel cell, paint in polyurethane ( all white at the moment), Microturbo inspection ( at the factory in France)and new "gommis" completed the project. I bought the aircraft several years ago, and have up-graded the instrument panel. The glider will probably be put up for sale soon, as I now own # 257, and cannot keep both. Nick Leonard a historical video here... here... |
| N9024U sn. 236 year: 0 | |
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Here's a nice pic with Dave Morss, a picture in memory of our deceased friend Pedro De La Serna. |
| VH-GCM sn. 223 year: 1975 | AUSTRALIA > Tocumwal Calif A-21SJA !! |
    was before: D-2118 | Owned by Mr Christopher Corrigan.. bought from Germany in 1995 after extensive re-building with parts from 5 Capronis making one whole sailplane. Re-designated A21SJA in June 2000 fitted with a Microturbo TRS18-046-1 jet. This jet conversion differed significantly from the previous factory produced "Jet Capronis" with better takeoff performance and other improvements. VH-GCM is being used in the development of small jet engines aimed at self launching sailplanes and small sporting aircraft. That project is a joint project between Mr Corrigan and Aviation and General Engineering GCM is available for demonstration toany interested glider pilot visiting Australia. Mike Burns Proprietor Aviation and General Engineering - Tocumwal Australia video on youtube: watch-v=9yuZ3UBuNoQ av52759(at)bigpond.net.au  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| VH-GUB sn. 255 year: 1996 | AUSTRALIA - Tocumwal, NSW |
    was before: D-6631 | Number 255 is coming back to active duty at Southern Riverina Gliding Club! (2013)
After manufacturing in Germany back in 1996, our Calif had around 250 hours of flying at the factory during flight performances tests and then was sold to Australia. The glider arrived in Tocumwal, New South Wales and the plan was to get equipped with a Jet Turbine. S/N 255 was in storage until last year (2011)vand our club decided to purchase it. With enormous dedication of Mr Mike Burns and Mr Ingo Renner and also with big help of club members our Calif will be used by club members for advanced Cross Country training. Riverina Gliding Club and Ingo Renner are the new owners. The new registration marks of D-6631 is now VH-GUB. Stay tuned for more! A warm regards from DOWN UNDER, Zack Lutovac Der erste aus den übernommenen Caproni Teilen zusammen gebaute Calif. Er wurde an das Trio Calif nach Neuchatel geliefert, jedoch nach kurzer Zeit beschädigt, von uns wieder instandgesetzt und 2001 an Mike Burns mit Serial Nr GO256 zusammen nach Australien verkauft. Peter Gomolzig (Flugzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH)  Cockpit look with mouse over image: |
| 3A-MPV sn. 12 year: 0 | based in Fayence |
 | I own the Calif 3A-MPV with a friend Michel Franchi. We were based in Fayence. I would have liked to participate to your meeting next may. But unfortunatly I crashed 3A-MPV in April 2007 in Challes les Eaux. The tow cable broke shortly after take off. I had no solution to land safely. Challes les Eaux airfield is in town. :-( The Calif is destroyed but we, my copilot and myself, were both safe. The investigation about the crash is not over and I must justify the price of the Calif. If you have any tracks of Calif transactions in the community that would help me. (mail) Regards Fabrice |
| ZS-GPX sn. 216 year: 1974 | Orient Airfield (Gauteng province) South Africa |
    | I live in South Africa and have just bought a Caproni Calif, serial number 216. This is the last remaining Caproni Calif in South Africa. I will be restoring the aircraft over the rest of this year and will keep you posted as the work progresses. attached some photos to give an idea of the current state of the aircraft. I am a member of Magalies Gliding Club which is also stationed at Orient Airfield. You can find more information on the MGC website. New photos as the work progresses regarding the restoration of my Caproni ZS-GPX. The left outer wing being subjected to Non Destructive Testing to establish the structural integrity of the aircraft. The aircraft is still in remarkably good condition after 2400 flight hours. The only problem found was cracks in the leading edge hooking dowels as illustrated in the fourth and fifth photographs. We are currently removing all the old paint and will hopefully start repainting yearly next year. The sixth photo shows myself removing paint where there should be none. If all goes well ZS-GPX should be flying again towards March next year. 
 Regards, Attie Landman. |
| I-JETT sn. 13 year: 2012 | Modell scale 1:2 in Bruneck (IT) |
   | Maßstab 1:2 Das Modell wurde Maßstabgetreu nachgebaut!! Wie I-JETT von CAPRONI Gruss Miki Foto u. Verein.: www.MFG-BRUNECK.com |
| D-2110 sn. 224 year: 1979 | |
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| F-CHHF sn. 218 year: 1976 | Les Ailes Dauphinoises at Cessieu ??? |
| based in Aero club Les Ailes Dauphinoises at Cessieu ??? pls send me more info the webmaster Georg |
| F- sn. 221 year: 0 | France |
 | Picture taken in Romorantin at the militairy base of L'arm de l'air. The plane is there static exposed. (..you will never find a picture of this?) |
| N2CG sn. 209 year: 1972 | Hemet USA |
| The Caproni in Stanton is located at the Hemet airport and is stored in a small hanger with rodent damage and probably no longer air worthy. Sorry |
| N40171 sn. 201 year: 1972 | USA |
| Owned by the Mississippi Unif,MS,USA Is still in use to do airflow-testprograms. Sorry, it was lost last year when fog developed prior to landing and they hit a stump on landing. |
| LV-XXX sn. 198 year: 1978 | Argentina - ?? |
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