The Sailplane Grand Prix Series 10 – 2nd Qualifying round, hosted by Akavlieg Potchefstroom Gliding Club, was held from 3 January 2020 – 11 January 2020. Oscar Goudriaan (SA) reigned champion followed by Louis Bouderlique (France) and Marcus Nouwens (SA), all flying JS3. Fourteen pilots competed where seven flew JS3s, six JS1s and …
I started gliding in 2004 at Potchefstroom gliding club after attending a training day during the final year of High school. Being from a small town, approximately 50 km north of Potchefstroom, and being involved in farming activities during most of my time there my original plan was to become a veterinarian. One flight in a glider however convince …
While other manufacturers claim to have an uncompromised design, we in the JS design team believe in a perfectly compromised design, taking into account all of the aspects of what makes a glider a superior product and balancing this to achieve the best designed glider in the world. Jonker Sailplanes has shown that they are not afraid to try new inno …
From 4 August 2019 – 14 August 2019 JS’s European Agents participated at the COPPA INTERNATIONALE DEL MEDITERRANEAN CIM in Rieti – Bella Italia. This competition included spectacular mountain flying, awesome Italian food, nice company and friendship… The THINK-PINK friends group!!!! Too much fun…. Ten great contests days had a …
JS made some changes to the marketing structure in the European region. To enable us to meet the needs of our growing customer base, we have appointed two more agents, Yves Gerster and Katrin Senne . Yves lives in Switzerland, has been involved with JS since 2014 when he did his engineering internship at our design office. Since then, …
The UK Open Class Nationals, in spite of some relatively challenging weather, had six successful competition days! Many Congratulations to the winners Andy Davis, Tim Jenkinson and Peter Harvey, all flying in their JS1C-21 gliders! It’s also worth mentioning that the JS1 has now won the UK Open Class Nationals every year since 2013!! https://www …
June 2017 marked an incredible milestone for the JS-MD Partnership when the JS1 variant, the JS-MD 1C, was awarded type certification from EASA. Now two years later on the 18 th of July the next huge milestone was achieved with the EASA approval of the JS-MD 3. The amount of resources and effort that goes into achieving this approval is just enormous …
The 2019 German Championships in the 15m and 18m classes was presented in Marpingen August 2019 . 15m class champion Steffen Schwarzer and runner-up David Bauder finished strong on the last day to ensure their podium places. Also hats off to Georg Theisinger who just got his nose in front of Ollie Springer and secured an overall 3rd position. George …
The outcome of the US Open and 18-m Nationals was very positive for JS pilots. Jim Lee claimed the championship title for a second time this season! The first was during the Senior Championships with a JS3 and now in the Open class with his JS1C! Jim broke 161 kph over 653 km! In Jim’s own words: “The J …
A first in Scandinavia The Danish 18m nationals in may/june was a first in many respects. For the first time ever, Jonker Sailplanes gliders participated in a Scandinavian competition, and nationals at that. On top of that, it was the first two JS3s to be allowed to fly in Scandinavia ever, piloted by respectively Henrik Breidahl in “14” …
My parents, Klaus and Ursula Keim, and I were invited by some friends to a big party in Johannesburg during November this year. My ordered JS3 was just about to get out of the “resin barrel” by this time. The thought of being a witness to the birth of my glider inspired me to include a visit to Potchefstroom in our travel plans. A …
Anders Andersen made this year, his year, by breaking not one but three Danish records! We are so proud of him and his uniquely purple painted JS3. We asked him to share a bit more about his adventures: Mid November offered excellent soaring conditions in the Bloemfontein area in South Africa. A whole week with thermals exceeding 5 m/s …
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