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We are the exclusive US representative for Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH since 2004. M&H Soaring is also a dealer for Cobra Trailers and ClearNav glider instruments.
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New pictures
added to our Images page. 04.09.13
NEW Ventus 2 winglets: read what John Seaborn (A8) has
to say after flying with them in Uvalde. Go to Why Winglets tab. 08.30.12
QUINTUS M wins Open Class World
Championship in Uvalde! Congratulations to
Laurent Aboulin from France with his new FAI World
Championship title in Open Class. 08.25.12
CONCORDIA FLIES! See NEWS page for more. May
25, 2012
ARCUS
wins Region 2 North contest. Pete Alexander and Rick Walters take
first prize in Mifflin Sport Class contest. Four contest
days and three terrific pre-contest days - Mifflin shows
itself again as a great site! Pete and Rick' next contest
together in the ARCUS will be the Open Class Nats. in
Minden, NV. 05.19.12
FOR SALE: Ventus
2ax & Discus 2b Go to For Sale
page.
CONCORDIA DB worked on fitting COBRA
trailer to his custom Concordia so he can take her to a
larger airfield for trial flights. Almost ready.
05.19.12
M&H announces new Ventus2 and
Discus winglets. Go to our 'Why Winglets' page.
02.06.12
Thank you to all who visited us at the
RENO Convention last week! Special thanks to Pete
Alexander and David French for letting us display your
gliders on the Exhibit floor. For pictures, go to our
News page.
02.06.12 Read Jan. 20th article published in
SoaringCafe.com http://soaringcafe.com/2012/01/first-impressions-of-the-quintus-m/ Second ARCUS
arrives in US. See NEWS page for
pictures. 01.19.12 QUINTUS maiden flight pictures on
NEWS page. Watch YouTube video: scroll down,
left column.
RENO
Convention update (Feb. 2-4, 2012):
M&H will display two Schempp-Hirth gliders: the two
seat ARCUS and single seat DISCUS 2 CT. Come visit us at
booth # 19. 01.02.12 QUINTUS FLIES! Schempp-Hirth' newest racing
glider made her maiden flight this afternoon, Dec. 23th,
at the Hahnweide, Germany. We will post pictures on our
NEWS page later today. 12.23.11
Concordia fuselage gets first
coat of filler. See before and after pictures on our News page. 12.20.2011
RENO
Convention update: Tilo
Holighaus and Biggo Berger to attend SSA Convention Feb.
2-4, 2012. Both will be available for Q's and hello's at
M&H booth & display area. Tilo will give a presentation on
Schempp-Hirth's new 20-Meter Racer and
new Open Class
Racer. 11.29.11
Thanksgiving morning - Concordia
goes into shop! See NEWS tab for pictures.
After a long weekend driving to
Butler's shop and back, CONCORDIA fuselage is now at M&H
shop for aerodynamic contouring and painting. Follow along
on our NEWS page. Posted 11.20.11
Dick Butler's CONCORDIA
coming to M&H shop for next production / finishing phase.
We will post progress pictures on our Images page soon. Posted 11.15.2011
Ventus 2a & b
continues to perform well during 2011 contest season,
dominating by placing top 3 in EGC 2011, Lithuania and
making a strong show during 15M Nationals in Uvalde, TX
with 5 Ventus a & b in top 10. Posted 09.12.2011
Congratulations Junior World
Gliding ChampionsFelipe Levin (Standard class) and
Tim Kuijpers (Club class) Hoera Holland!! Go
to www.jwgc2011.de
for results. Posted 08.21.11
Barry Jaeger is flying his ARCUS
at the Open Class Nationals in Uvalde, TX Aug. 4
-14, 2011 with co-pilot Reinhard Schramme. Follow the
contest results & reports at SSA.org
Ventus 2ax for
sale, posted 08.07.2011; look at our For Sale page.
Schempp
Hirth reveals its newest glider, the QUINTUS, at the AERO
in Friedrichshaven. Go to images page for a picture of
their newest single seat racer. 04.22.11
Congratulations
to Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett on their record
flights in the DUO DISCUS.
They now are the record holders of the new US
Soaring distance record two-seat class sailplane .
Outstanding flights in the Sierra Wave.
Congratulations! 03.04.2011
Congratulations to team Schempp-Hirth
with their 75th anniversary. From Gö-1
to ARCUS - carried by wind and thermals.
Arcus M and E fly! Schempp-Hirth's newest glider,
the elegant two seat ARCUS, now has both a self-launching
M version and self-launching E version. The E version,
with an electrical engine, flew its maiden flight on
September 18, 2010. Go for more pictures to our Images
page or to Schempp-Hirth's website. 10.04.2010 Phoebus flies! After a 10 months restoration
project, the Phoebus C flew today. This Phoebus was
purchased from the NSM by Lewis & Evan Olson, and the
father/son/daughter team worked in M&H shops, refinishing
& restoring the glider to its old glory. Today Heinz test
flew her, after which Evan and Lewis got to fly. A perfect
day after a long project! Look for pictures at the bottom
of our images page. 09.11.2010
First US ARCUS flies in Florida.
See pictures on Images page. 02.27.10
Congratulations to Terry
DeLore andco-pilot John
Kokshoorn with their new World Distance Record of
2501k. Location; New Zealand. Date: Dec. 14, 2009.
Take off: 5.30am, landed 8.55pm. They broke Klaus Ohlmann's
record by 80k. ASH 25, altitude (most of the flight)
28.000ft; temperature: too cold (-35). 02.05.10 Back from Little Rock
Convention, which due to location and bad weather had a
poor turnout. Despite all that, the ARCUS generated plenty
of interest and Biggo Berger and Ebi Schott were on hand
to answer the many questions about Schempp-Hirths' newest
and new design. Thank you to all who joined us in
Little Rock!
Next SSA Convention will be in
Reno, NV 2012 02.02.10
First
ARCUS-T is now in the country &
FAA certified!! We thank its owner, Barry Jaeger,
for letting us display his ARCUS-T at the
SSA Convention in Little Rock, Jan. 28-30, 2010. Also with
us will be Schempp-Hirth representatives Biggo Berger (SH
Sales Manager) and Ebi Schott, (SH Production Manager)
Come join us at the M&H Soaring Booth in Little Rock! 01.25.10
Congratulations to the new 2009
National Champions: 2009 Sports Class Champion:
John Seymour 2009 Open Class Champion:
Garrett Willat 2009 15 M Class Champion:
Tom Kelley 2009 Standard Class
Champion: David Greenhill 8.07.09
Thank you Fred Winter for letting
Corey Sullivan train in your LS-4 for the upcoming 6th FAI
Junior World Championship in Finland! US Junior Team
members Corey Sullivan & Devin Bargainnier with team
manager/coach Mike Robison and his wife Becky are on their
way to Finland. Contest to start June 22th. Thank you Fred
for supporting the Junior Team!
www.jwgc2009.fi 06.18.09
ARCUS wins 2009 German
two-seat Nationals. For new pictures, see NEWS
Charlie
Spratt Memorial, May 9th, 15M Nationals, Cordele, GA
Charlie
Spratt dies, April 10, 2009. See NEWS page.
ARCUS MAIDENFLIGHT,
April 7, 2009. Go to NEWS page for pictures.
ARCUS PICTURES: exclusive ARCUS pictures as she
was revealed at the AERO show in Germany this weekend. Go
to our NEWS page for pictures. 04.04.09
ARCUS at the AERO in Germany, April
2-5, 2009 See pictures on our NEWS page.
2009 Senior Contest winners are:
1th Karl Striedieck in a Duo Discus, 2th Ken Sorenson in a
Discus 2A and 3th Sam Giltner in a LS 1f
It's
official: Uvalde, TX to be the site for the 32th FAI World
Gliding Championship (Open, 15M and 18M) July - Aug 2012 Posted 03.09.09
LATEST ARCUS UPDATE
posted 02.13.09 see NEWS page
Schempp-Hirth
announces new two-seat glider ARCUS.
For more, click our
NEWS button or click Schempp-Hirth link.
Posted 12.05.08
US Junior Team. The US Team Committee has made its selection for the Junior Team pilots; Devin Bargainier and Corey Sullivan. They will compete at the 6 th FAI Junior World Gliding Championship in Räyskälä , Finland from June 22 nd – July 5th, 2009. Congratulations and good luck! Posted on 10.31.08
