Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Special Edition Comet returns to Germany

Comet D-MYGS was the second example of the FK-12 "Special Edition" to be built. The aircraft was delivered new to a customer in the Trento area of Italy back in 2010. The aircraft has now been sold to an owner in Germany with just 70 flight hours ( approx ) so far.


 
The Comet will make the flight over the Alps in the next few weeks and will be based at an airfield near Stuttgart, Germany.  


UPDATE 8.3.14 - Comet D-MYGS flew up and over the Alps on 2nd March 2014 from Italy to Germany - the photo below shows the Comet over the Splügen Pass ( approx 2115 m )  -  congratulations to Albrecht.




Link to Wikipedia for more info about the Splügen Pass


Steve

Sunday 15 September 2013

D-MDMC - Comet at Strausberg

FK-12 Comet D-MDMC was built in 2011 and was exhibited by FK Lightplanes on their trade exhibition stand at Aero 2011 held in Friedrichshafen as an unregistered complete aircraft.




I recently received an update about this Comet from Bernd D - he bought the aircraft in January 2013 and operates from the airfield at Strausberg ( EDAY ) which is approximately 35km to the East of Berlin. The Comet has now flown approx 70 flight hours.




The photo above shows Comet D-MDMC over Berlin - you can see the former Templehof airfield in the distance - Thanks to Bernd.

Link to the Strausberg ( EDAY ) airfield website


Steve


Sunday 6 May 2012

A Comet arrives in Alsace

Today I had an email from Martin W a proud new Comet owner.  Martin recently bought a second hand FK-12 Comet. Before delivery the aircraft was overhauled and also repainted by FK Lightplanes at Speyer. Martin had his first solo flight in his new Comet on 4th May 2012 - congratulations!

This FK-12 will now be based at Vieux-Ferrette airfield ( LF6822 ) in the Haur-Rhin region of Alsace in eastern France ( near the Swiss border ). The Comet is now registered as F-JTOO.









External Link to Vieux-Ferrette airfield flight pattern


Enjoy your flying.

Steve



Sunday 22 April 2012

Aero 2012 Friedrichshafen - FK-12 Comet exhibit

Europes largest general aviation trade show "Aero 2012" took place last week at Friedrichshafen, Germany.

FK Lightplanes exhibited their range of varied aircraft, the FK-9, FK-14 and the FK-12 Comet biplane.




The Comet exhibited at Aero 2012 is a brand new build Comet S2 model registered D-MFKJ painted in an attractive yellow/white/black colour scheme with construction number 098.

FK Lightplanes recently delivered the 100th Comet.



Steve

Tuesday 13 September 2011

FK-12 Comet Fly In at Wendelsheim

On the weekend of the 10th & 11th September a group of Comet pilots held their second annual "Fly In"  - this year the airfield location was at Wendelsheim in the Alzey-Worms district of Rhineland.

This year 9 Comets visited the event,

OO-F77, D-MFKD, D-MNAZ, D-MOJE, D-MSLK, D-MSLP, D-MSSS, D-MWEW, D-MYLG, 


Among the FK-12 Comets that visited the Fly In at Wendelsheim were,



D-MFKD c/n 060 - this Comet now has a new colour scheme - it was originally all yellow with a large "60" - the new colours feature a "flaming Comet rock" on the engine cowling - very nice.


D-MXIL c/n 088 - this Comet was delivered in 2010 - the colour scheme is virtually identical to Comet D-MVCW








D-MSSS c/n 029  - this Comet was built in 2001 and is flown by pilot Peter Kranz  - I think this colour scheme is one of the most attractive I've seen on a FK-12 Comet.






Steve

Friday 22 April 2011

Aero 2011 - FK-12 Comet

FK Lightplanes displayed all their latest aircraft versions at the Aero 2011 trade show last week ( April 2011 ) including the FK-9 ELA and the FK-14 Le Mans.




Among the aircraft exhibited at Friedrichshafen, Germany was this new FK-12 Comet believed to be c/n 098. The aircraft was transported in by road from the FK assembly line at Krosno, Poland and returned there after the show for final completion.


Comet # 100 will be with us soon !

Steve

Saturday 30 October 2010

D-MYLG - Comet c/n 010 - a brief history

I have recently received a very interesting short history of FK-12 Comet D-MYLG from Rick the proud owner. 


This Comet was supplied in May 1998 as a B&F Technik factory built kit, 80% complete.


Rick and his brother spent almost 1,200 hours assembling the aircraft and by October 1999 the Comet was complete.  The weather was not good and Rick had to wait until a calm day in January 2000 to make the maiden flight lasting 20 minutes.
Rick had started his flying career with gliders and then motorgliders before learning to flying ultralight aircraft. 

The Comet is powered by a Rotax 912 UL 80 HP engine - the original 40 litre fuel tank has been replaced by a larger 58 litre tank.  Rick's airplane is open cockpit, he has no cosy canopy.

Rick is the only pilot to have flown D-MYLG and over the past 10 years this aircraft has flown approximatley 260 flight hours. This Comet operates from an airfield in the Ulm region.


Comet D-MYLG has factory supplied undercarriage leg covers something rarely seen on the FK-12.




Being a former glider pilot Rick has added a FLARM ( Flight Alarm ) warning indicator to his aircraft- this equipment is commonly fitted to gliders. The FLARM device will detect and warn the pilot of any other FLARM equipped aircraft or gliders in his vicinity and give a simple position indicator - Comet D-MYLG is based in an area with a lot of glider activity and Rick finds this equipment can be a useful flight safety aid.

 

Another interesting feature is the tail wheel and tow bar - this makes moving the aircraft on the ground much easier for one person.





The joy of flying with an open cockpit  - enjoy your flight "Biggles".

FK Lightplanes are once again offering the FK-12 Comet as a factory supplied kit - see link below


Link to FK Lightplanes FK-12 Comet "kit" for 2010


Steve

Wednesday 14 April 2010

FK-12 Comet for sale

November 2009 - Holger Wiedenmann is offering his FK-12 Comet for sale - the aircraft c/n 061 currently registered in Germany as D-MSWH.

UPDATE 14.4.10 - this aircraft has now been SOLD




Saturday 19 December 2009

FK-12 Comet Special Edition - Roll out at Speyer






The first example of the new FK-12 Comet Special Edition was rolled out at the B&F Technik factory in Speyer, Germany on Friday 18th December 2009.


The aircraft features many new features including

New Rudder, New Elevator, new engine mount, new cowling, new aileron system, carbon fibre rear wing spar, instrument panel-layout with Dynon avinics, constant speed prop from Neuform, new main gear spring and main wheel fairings, wingtips, and in the single seater version a completly new one piece canopy, ventillation inlets for the cockpit, and a luxury leather interior plus a great new external colour scheme.

The photos below were supplied by B&F


The first FK-12 Comet Special Edition "1" with French registration F-JFAL



This photo shows the new single piece canopy and the wingtips on the FK-12 Comet Speical Edition



The Special Edition Comet features a wider undercarriage and main wheel fairings plus a constant speed propellor from Neuform.


The first Special Edition Comet will go to France with the registration F-JFAL.


Thanks to B&F for providing these photos


More details via


http://www.comet-special-limited.com/index.html




Steve

Friday 11 December 2009

FK-12 Comet Special Edition - A New Comet

B&F working with G2B Consulting are currently building a batch of 10 Special Edition Comets.

The FK-12 Comet Special Edition will feature,


A Rear Wingspar made of Carbon Fibre for increased strength

Revised Tailplane Shape

New Aileron Design

New Streamlined Canopy

A Widened Main Undercarriage

High Quality Cockpit Interior

Optional Smoke System

Special Edition Paint Colour Scheme



This photo shows the new Carbon Fibre rear wingspar on the FK-12 Comet Special Edition



The first FK-12 Comet Special Edition is due to be rolled out at Speyer, Germany on 18th December 2009.


For more details please contact


info@fk-leichtflugzeuge.de

or visit

http://www.fk-leichtflugzeuge.de/Downloads/Comet_limited_project_description.pdf

or visit

http://www.comet-special-limited.com/index.html


Steve

Tuesday 1 September 2009

German FK-12 Comet D-MOJE


Thanks to Chris Vaughan for supplying this recent image of FK-12 Comet D-MOJE suspended from the hanger roof at Thalmassing-Waizenhofen airfield ( EDPW ) in the Bayern region of southern Germany taken in July 2009.

This aircraft is c/n ( werknummer ) 4 and was built in 1998 - it is painted in blue and yellow colour scheme with a red and white rudder to look like a 1930s USAAC type trainer aircraft.

Wednesday 26 August 2009

Comet returns to Germany

FK-12 Comet construction number 061 has returned to Germany. This aircraft was delivered new to Poland in 2004 painted in an attractive red/white colour scheme as SP-YOA.


The picture above comes from the official B&F website - it shows this aircraft fitted with floats, this is the only "Float Comet" I've ever seen a photo of.

This aircraft has know been bought by an owner in Bavaria, Germany and he hopes to convert onto the FK-12 Comet ( without floats ) later in 2009.

UPDATE - November 2009

Thanks to Holder Wiedenmann for supplying the photo below of his Comet D-MSWH in June 2009 - this aircraft was previously registered as SP-YOA.





Tuesday 21 July 2009

Tannheim - Tannkosh 2009

The big Fly In at Tannheim Germany took place in July 2009 - this years Tannkosh event attracted several FK-12 Comets including D-MUZZ which is a new addition to the FK-12 Fleet List.

Visiting were,

D-EZWO - the unique "E" reg Wankel Comet
D-MGFK
D-MOXL
D-MPHK
D-MSSS
D-MUZZ
D-MVCW
D-MWWE


D-EZWO - Wankel Rotary engine



D-MOXL at Tankosh


D-MPHK





D-MUZZ - believed to be c/n 056


D-MVCW under storm clouds at Tankosh 2009


As you can see from the photos the weather was not good - cold wet and windy over the weekend.

LINK to official TANNKOSH 2009 website


Many thanks to Freddy Ceulemans, Nigel Hitchman, Ray Fitton and Chris Vaughan for sending in these details and the above photos.

Tuesday 22 July 2008

Tankosh 2008

Fly In at Tankosh Germany 19th - 20th July 2008

I'd like to thank Freddy from Belgium for his report from this years "Tankosh" fly in - Unfortunately the number of visiting aircraft was reduced due to poor weather over much of Europe.

He saw 5 FK-12 Comets at Tankosh - D-MGFK, D-MIRK, D-MKKJ, D-MORE and D-MPHK.



Aircraft D-MKKJ is a new addition to the FK-12 Comet production listing ( see below ) and appears to be c/n 77 - thanks to Freddy for this photo