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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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08 - Lino
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13 - Vincenzo
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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.
19 - Roberto
20 - Vincenzo
21 - Roberto, Lino e Vincenzo
22 - Roberto, Lino e Vincenzo