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The gull wing was first implemented on a glider, specifically the Weltensegler, which performed its maiden flight in 1921. Its wings, which were externally braced, featured swept-back wingtips with negative incidence relative to the remainder of the main-plane. [2]
The Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 is a British glider designed and built by Slingsby that first flew in 1947. Development ... Wing area: 156.0 sq ft (14.49 m 2)
In 1939 a Gull, widely known as the Blue Gull became the first glider to fly from England to France, cross channel. The pilot was G. Stephenson. [1]The only Gull III to be built survived the war, and along with the Petrel was regarded as one of the prettiest sailplanes to come out of Slingsby's doors.
Apart from being a wood and fabric aircraft with a strongly tapered cantilever gull wing, it had little in common with the Fafnir of 1930, though lessons had been learned from that design. During 1934 the RRG was disbanded and its technical section, led by Lippisch, moved from the Wasserkuppe to Darmstadt to become the DFS, so the new glider ...
Sándor Svachulay's aim in designing the Szent György, nicknamed Gyuri (Georgie), was to produce the smallest single seat glider. An all wood aircraft with a complex gull wing, the György was built in his own workshop. The first flights were made in the spring of 1933.
The Detroit G1 Gull is an American high wing, cable-braced primary glider that was manufactured by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation during the Great Depression. [1] It first flew in 1925. [2] The aircraft's correct designation is not clear.
The Streifeneder Albatros (English: Albatross) is a German mid-wing, gull wing, T-tailed, single-seat, FAI Standard Class glider that was designed by Hansjörg Streifeneder and produced by his company Glasfaser Flugzeug-Service GmbH. [1] [2] The aircraft was first exhibited at the Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in April 2001. [3]
The Schleicher Condor, also referred to as the Dittmar Condor, is a series of German high-wing, single and two-seat, gull winged, gliders that were designed by Heini Dittmar in the 1930s, produced in small quantities before the Second World War, produced again between 1952 and 1955 by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co and also by Ferdinand Schmetz.