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The Father of th Club Class is no longer with us

Post by Polewka » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:03 pm

From the IGC discussion list:

Per Oberg died september 28. He was 84.

Per Oberg was Swedish IGC delegate and managed to create the club class. He wanted to have cheaper gliders for championships. His first idea was to have a monotype class, but later changed to the club class concept. The club class was first introduced in Sweden, Germany and Holland. The first official European Club Class Championships were held in Orebro, Sweden, in 1979. Later the Club Class became a World Championships class.
He also founded SELKO, a Swedish gliding committe that negotiated airspace with the authorities at a time when gliding was faced by massive increase in controlled airspace and proposals for transponder requirements for gliders.
The first chairman of SELKO was Jan-Eric Olsson who was later followed by Robert Danewid.
On club level, Oberg was chairman of Stockholms Segelflygklubb. When cross-country flying from the club site near central Stockholm became impossible, due to airspace restrictions, he managed in 1970 to set up a new succesful gliding centre, Langtora, today the biggest and most active gliding centre in Sweden.
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