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unusual facts about glider aircraft



Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-16

The Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-16 Wippsterz was a glider aircraft that was designed and built in Germany from 1936.

Dynamic soaring

In his 1975 book Streckensegelflug (published in English in 1978 as Cross-Country Soaring by the Soaring Society of America), Helmut Reichmann describes a flight made by Ingo Renner in a Glasflügel H-301 Libelle glider over Tocumwal in Australia on 24 October 1974.

IS-5 Kaczka

The IS-5 Kaczka (Instytut Szybownictwa – gliding institute) was a single-seat canard research glider designed and built in Poland from 1948.

OpenSky M-02

The OpenSky M-02 is a Japanese jet-powered glider inspired by the Möwe aircraft flown by the protagonist in the Hayao Miyazaki anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Stork

Ottomar Anschütz's famous 1884 album of photographs of storks inspired the design of Otto Lilienthal's experimental gliders of the late 19th century.


see also

Gomolzig Flugzeug- und Maschinenbau GmbH

Gomolzig is a German aircraft and engineering manufacturer based in Schwelm, Koblenz and Breitscheid, that services and has built under license a variety of powered and glider aircraft.