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The PIK-13 was a sailplane constructed in Finland to compete in the 1954
World Gliding Championships,
[Taylor 1989, p.726] held at Camphill Farm,
Great Hucklow
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["World Gliding Championships" 1954, p.250] It was a conventional mid-wing design of "workmanlike" construction
["Sailplanes seen at Camphill" 1954, p.3] and underwent five test flights in the course of 1954 before its entry in the competition.
["PIK-sarjan lentokoneet]
In the championships, the PIK-13 was flown by Antti Koskisen,
[Yates 1954, p.74][Wiggin 1954, p.5] who was placed 16th with 931 points.
[''The Lashan Newsletter'' No 23, 1954, editorial] The PIK-13 was destroyed in an accident on 26 March 1956 when the control stick broke in flight.
Pilot Jorma Jalkanen parachuted to safety.
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1950s Finnish sailplanes
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Aircraft first flown in 1954
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