DG 800 maiden flight

Maiden flight of a Purbeck Sailplanes DG 800, one of only 3 ever produced by the company before they shut down operations. AUW just under 14kg

[@EleanorPeterson]

Beautiful! Always a thrill to see a really big composite glider in its element. Slicing through those climbing turns, you can almost TASTE the efficiency. :-)

[@miniphase]

Thanks Elli P!

[@charlie_a_2406]

Stunning model, stunning vid. I'm exited for flying when I get my Middle Phase built. I am a complete novice and I have only flown a slope soarer once when I went up to Itford with my dad, it was a crash damaged fiberglass model we had found at a dump. with a bit of work it flew for around a minuet before nose diving into a fence when the control horn came clean out of the elevator, but in that time I became hooked! Looking forward to meeting some people and getting some tips.

[@miniphase]

We've all been there and made those kind of cockups! Get that Middle Phase sorted and you'll be competent in no time. Come and visit us at Thurnham if you get a chance, or maybe we can tie up next time we visit the South Downs.

[@highflying82]

Congrats Simon .. hope to see this one in person Lovely edit Paul . Your vids are inspiring to this slope newbie

[@highster]

Wow. What a great day of flying. Nice video. The camera man was working overtime that day.

[@miniphase]

To top it all we had our German visitors with a selection of nurflugel with them Kent. Tricky conditions on landing led to some collateral damage though :-(

[@highster]

I see that you chose not to post the crash porn. Wise move. According to our social media, we are all expert pilots!

[@swarrans1]

I would just like to observe it was the nurflugel that sustained crash damage, not my DG800!

[@danielburke6536]

That is superb

[@miniphase]

It looked even better in real life..... a master builder!