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  1. hesham

    Dutch Light Aircraft,Sailplanes & Helicopters Prototypes & Projects

    Hi, Van den Berg Staalvogel = Hans van den Berg uit Baambrugge heeft vijf(!) maal een vliegtuig gebouwd, vanaf 1962 bouwde hij drie toestellen die echter geen van alle gevlogen hebben. Zijn vierde project (Staalvogel 4) was in 1968 klaar en kwam op 5 juli van dat jaar inderdaad van de grond...
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    Jachtmann Jacht 71 D-4-610 amphibious glider

    A one-off design by Ernst Jachtmann who had famously set endurance records in gliders including a 41 hour flight in 1937, he can be seen in the cockpit in the media below.
  3. V

    Fletcher BG-2 twin-fuselage bomb glider project

    I have a copy of Bill Norton's book American Military Gliders of World War II and it talks about a little known USAAF bomb glider design of the World War II era, the Fletcher BG-2. I've attached a three-view drawing of the BG-2 (seen on page 210 of Norton's book), if anyone is interested...
  4. R

    Military training gliders

    Over on another thread (cargo gliders) we got distracted by discussing military training gliders. This new thread focuses on 2 or 3 seat gliders specifically built for training military glider pilots, especially those who flew assault gliders into WW2 battles. So far, we have only found two...
  5. Cy-27

    Bauer Aircraft (Austrian Designer Engineer Leopold Bauer)

    Leopold Bauer worked for the Jacob Lohner & Co aircraft firm until the end of World War One. The firm was one of the first aircraft companies in Austria-Hungary, which began with the production of aircraft propellers. Starting in 1912 a propeller construction division was created, which...
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    • austro-hungarian empire cisleithania dual monarchy first austrian republic glider interwar period kingdom of hungary pre-world war i republic of german-austria world war i
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  6. hesham

    Benes LD 605 Haban Transport Glider Project

    Hi, The Benes LD-605 was a transport glider prototype at Czechoslovakia in 1951,but it was never completed. Source; Air Enthusiast,1972 magazine.
  7. Apophenia

    Georges Sablier Type Designations

    Georges Sablier (and Aviación Vizcaína SA) Type Designations Designation Style: some current sources display Sablier designations as S-xx. Contemporary documents, including Sablier plan pamphlets always display designations as Sablier type xx. At some point in the mid-1930s, Georges Sablier...
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    • french third republic glider interwar period light aviation second spanish republic trainers
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  8. hesham

    General Aircraft tailless glider

    Hi, the General Aircraft Ltd developed the GAL-56 tailless glider,and here is a variant from it. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%200018.html?search=tailless+glider
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    • 1940s air ministry contract acft/3303/cb.10(c) directorate of scientific research (map) experimental glider great britain ministry of aircraft production post-world war ii royal aircraft establishment tailess tailless tailless aircraft advisory committee world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. Jemiba

    Transport gliders

    During WW II the idea of the transport glider was "en vogue", so several countries developed and built such types. One of them was Sweden. The AB Flygindustri of Halmstad designed a glider with the designation Fi 3 of wooden construction, intended for 11 troops plus pilot. Much better known...
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    • 21st century airborne forces assault glider cargo glider cold war glider late 20th century post-cold war post-world war ii transport glider world war ii
    • Replies: 76
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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