Ridali Airfield Explained

Ridali Airfield
Nativename:Ridali lennuväli
Icao:EERI
Type:Public
Operator:Ridali Gliding Club
Location:Suurküla, Põlva Parish
Metric-Elev:Yes
Elevation-M:88
Pushpin Map:Estonia
Pushpin Label:EERI
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Estonia
Metric-Rwy:Y
Website:http://www.purilend.ee
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-M:1100
R1-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Sources: Ridali Lennuklubi[1]

Ridali Airfield (; Estonian: Ridali lennuväli) is an airfield in Estonia, about 10km (10miles) north of Võru in the vicinity of Ridali - a place known for its scenery, lakes, fields and forests, giving glider pilots many visual reference points to navigate by. The airfield was used during World War II, and in the early 1960s it started serving glider pilots. The first gliders to fly in Ridali were Soviet KAI-12s (improved design from the Czech LF-109). The only way to launch gliders was by using the Czech winch "Herkules". By 1968, the club already had two KAI-12s, three Blaníks, two towing winches and a Yak-12 for aerotows.

Ridali Airfield is currently the home of Ridali Gliding Club (Estonian: Ridali Lennuklubi).

Aircraft in service

PZL-104 WilgaPoland
Morane-Saulnier MS-894AFrance
Jonker JS-1 RevelationSouth Africa
Glaser-Dirks DG-500Germany
LET L-13 BlaníkCzech Republic
LAK-12 LietuvaLithuania
SZD-48 Jantar Standard 2Poland
SZD-48 Jantar Standard 3Poland
SZD-42 Jantar 2BPoland
SZD-30 PiratPoland
SZD-50 PuchaczPoland

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.purilend.ee/content/lennuvali-0 Ridali Lennuklubi