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Updated July 2008

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All 21 Sagittas ever built.

Only 21 were ever built, but there are some gaps in the list. If you know anything about the whereabouts or have any information about any of these missing links, please contact us! This list shows all Sagittas with their current or last known base and owner. The pictures are clickable and show a slightly larger image for reference, and all original pictures are to be found on the Photo Gallery page.

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s/n Reg   Built Short details Based
001 PH-266 1960 Prototype, wreck in NL (cause/pilot ?)
Restored by Hans Bekker, not airworthy?
NL
002 PH-280
N6445
1961 ? Crashed in USA, pilot OK USA
003 PH-302 1962 Original J.Jongblut. Gooise ZC from 1964 - 1979. Crashed EHHV (Hilversum) 1979, fatal NL
004 ZK-GCW
VH-GQR
1962 Eric van Notten (Christchurch), reg. 5 Dec. 1962
Sold to Australia, reg, cancelled 31 May 1965
Crashed 24 July in Australia, fatal
NZ
AUS
005 PH-307
PH-384
1962 Crashed in NL 1968, pilot OK.
Fuselage to PH-384
NL
006 PH-308
BGA2930
1963 Aviodrome Aviation Museum, Lelystad Airport
Bought back in 1991 from Great Britain. Previous owner A.D. Andrews. Now in storage.
GB
NL
007 PH-309
PH-384
1962 Crashed in NL, pilot OK. Crashed Germany, pilot OK
Wings to PH-384, Charles Munnig Schmidt
NL
008 PH-310
N6446

1963 Sold to USA in 1972/1973. Airworthy. Owner Howard Petri, Lawrenceville, IL.
2002 Award winner of the Vintage Sailplane Organisation.
NL
USA
009 OO-ZEV
N12DC
? Super Sagitta, 17 m version. To US N12DC.
Owner Doedo Schipper, Colorado. Not airworthy.
BE
USA
010
010R
ZK-GDO 1964 Imported new to New Zealand. Destroyed by high wind. Rebuild (010R). Crashed 1969, pilot OK. New R/H wing from Dutch Sagitta. Airworthy. Owner Robert Smits, based at Drury, Auckland NZ
011 N88988 1964 Lower canopy and retractable gear. Airworthy. Owner Terry J Menees, Tempe, AZ (reg. date 17.06.97) USA
012 ZS-GGD     Registered 12.03.75 South Africa. Details unknown. SA
013 PH-319   The first "real" Sagitta 013. Aviodrome Aviation Museum. Soon airworthy under supervision of Charles Munnig Schmidt. Based at Hilversum. Flying agan since 2007. NL
014 VH-GQS   1964 Deregistered by GFA 09.04.02. Last owner Owen Lyall Waywood, Serpentine. Was based at NSW Tumbarumba, Workshop and plane destroyed in bushfire while undergoing airworthiness inspection for 2002. AUS
015 ZK-GDX 1964 Crashed in NZ, pilot OK. Last owner Rotorua Gliding Club. NZ
016 N12199   1965 Airworthy(?) Stephen Keachie, Berkeley, CA USA
017 ZS-GES     Registered 20.07.65 South Africa.
Restored and flying again since 2008, Pieters/Viljoen syndicate at Paris Airfield.
SA
018 9J-GAE
ZS-GTG
    Registered in Zambia in the 60's and 70's. Registered 15.06.92 South Africa. Now at Magalies Gliding Club, South Africa. Airworthy but no CoA. SA
019 N9121 1967 In storage. Jim Karlovich, Kingston, GA USA
020 PH-424   Crashed in NL 1988, fatal NL
021 PH-403 1968 Airworthy. Based at EHHV. Owner H.W. Leenaarts, Hilversum NL
022 n/a   n/a Never built, parts only (owner C.M. Schmidt) NL
023 n/a   n/a Never built, parts only (owner C.M. Schmidt) NL

 

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