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Restoration project of a ZÖGLING


The Zoegling number 435, with mark I-TRAM was built in 1951 by a group of model builders of Rovereto (GAR: Gruppo Aeromodellistico di Rovereto) and flew in Trento in the gliding school at the airfield of Gardolo, where the GAR was carrying out its flying activities together with the other Zoegling 428 I-GVTA and 433 I-GRILL.


From Trento it moved to Padova and in 1970 it was sold to AVAL in Varese, today renamed .ACAO. We do not know exactly when and why it ended up to the Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia in Milano, where it was stored for over 30 years in dreadful conditions under a porch outdoors. For space reasons the Museum was going to get rid of it, when a consultant suggested to find some volunteers who could have restored it at no cost. Said and done!



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A group of five person was formed with Lino Del Pio as restoration project leader and in January 2008 we started working at the Centro StudiI di Volo a Vela Alpino in Calcinate del Pesce, Varese.
No one single rib was saved and the wings were completely destroyed. The skid of the central support was heavily damaged. Only the tail-plane was in relatively good conditions.



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The project lasted four years for about a thousand working hours. Last October finally the Zoegling I-TRA was taken out of the workshop to take pictures.
Now that the restoration is over we hope to see the Zoegling I-TRAM displayed at an important museum in Milano.

 



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