SOLITAIRE OY-83X11 (FOR FIRST FLIGHT ONLY; thereafter OY-XRT)

Kjeld Pedersen and Ole Ploug have completed the first Solitaire in Denmark.  In fact, it is the first experimental glider ever to be registered in Denmark.  We met with Mr. Pedersen at Oshkosh 1990 and he showed us a number of photographs of this beautiful Solitaire.  We were surprised to learn that he and his partner, Ole Ploug, had been working with Herb Abrams, an Ohio Solitaire builder and designer of the Stan Dzik Award-winning engine installation in his own exquisite Solitaire.  Kjeld also had the identical engine installation in his Solitaire.  Kjeld made his first flight at a Denmark military installation using the Herb Abrams designed engine installation.  This was on 7 July, 1990, only a couple of weeks after Herb made his first flight.  Based on the photos we saw at Oshkosh, the attention to detail on Kjeld and Ole's Solitaire is impressive.

The KZ Rally in Denmark honored Kjeld and Ole by producing a commemorative stamp with their Solitaire depicted on the stamp. Congratulations, Kjeld and Ole, we look forward to a more complete flight test report in the near future.

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