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GERLITZEN AND DG-600

The Gerlitzen is located in south of Austria in Carinthia near Villach. Its well known for its opportunities to fly no matter if you want hang gliding, paragliding or model flying and it is independent of the direction of the wind. In August 1999 I was there for the first time and it was really impressive. A lot of people hiking, flying and staring and also it could be a problem to get a free channel. My model was a DG-600 (2,7m) from Paul Gerasis (a czech manufacturer) bought at Conrad Electronics in Munich (Modellbau Lindinger sells it now). It costs just about 3000.- ATS and is almost ready-to-fly with already covered wings. The Selig 3021 and its low mass of 1.8 kg eases thermal flying and guarantees much fun.

It's my best model...