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The gull wing, also known as Polish wing or Puławski wing, is an aircraft wing configuration with a prominent bend in the wing inner section towards the wing root. Its name is derived from the seabirds which it resembles and from the Polish aircraft designer Zygmunt Puławski who started using this design in his planes.
Two Gull 4s were prepared for the International gliding championships to be held at Samedan in the Swiss Alps in July 1948, joining two Elliott Olympias, and two Weihes from RAF clubs in Germany. Philip Wills and Christopher Nicholson flew the two Gull 4s, during a disastrous competition where Nicholson flying a Gull 4 and Greig flying an ...
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.
Prototype, with gull wing. 1 built. R-08b B-Polis First production model, with gull wing and straightened and lengthened fuselage to improve landing characteristics. Rudder balanced. 5 built. [4] R-08c C-Polis Straight wing. 70 built. [5] R-08d D-Polis Prototype (originally known as the R-09) flew in 1943 but no production until 1948. Airbrakes ...
The 1930 S.15 led to Jakob Spalinger's long series of wooden, gull wing gliders. The earlier versions of the type are not well recorded but all had high wings with rectangular inner panels, tapered outer panels and pairs of single external bracing struts.
During the early 1930s there was a dearth of high-performance gliders that could be flown by relatively inexperienced pilots. To remedy this shortcoming Fred Slingsby modified the Grunau Baby design with longer gulled wings and rounded fuselage formers skinned with plywood, resulting in the T.6 Kirby Kite.
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 Moswey series of gliders was developed prior to the Second World War in 1938. The third model was the first one to achieve full production status. [1] The aircraft is built from wood. The fuselage is a monocoque design, while the wings and tail surfaces are a wooden frame covered in doped aircraft fabric covering. The fuselage is of a ...