The MG-23 first flew in 1955 and was followed down the production line by the improved 1963 – 23SL with taller fin, longer canopy and lowered main wheel. ATC
A development of the single-place RF-4 series which, with a 11.28 m./ 37 ft. wingspan, lacked any great soaring capacity, the SFS-31 used the 15 m. wing of the Scheibe SF-27M motorglider. It has spoilers for approach control and outrigger wheels and a steerable tailwheel to aid in taxiing.
The Mini-Nimbus, which first flew in 1976, is a 15-meter racing class development of the Open Class Nimbus 2 with a new wing with both dive brakes and flaps, which may be operated seperately or together to provide unusually effective glidepath and landing control. Water ballast is carried in sealed tanks lying along the spar.…
Haig, who developed the American Eagle American Eaglet, designed this kitbuilt ultalight which with tip extensions has a claimed L/D of 30. Conceived with a sustainer engine turning a small propeller in the gap between the rear fuselage and the rudder and built almost entirely out of foam and fiberglass, the Minibat is not a…
The LP-46 13.56 m. / 44.5 ft. span prototype for the LP-49 made its initial flight in 1966. The LP-49 is a Standard Class design that features all-metal laminar flow wings and tail surfaces, a semi-monocoque fiberglass fuselage, a shock- strutted retractable landing gear with an internal wheel well door, a retractable and swiveling tailwheel,…
A development of the 10m. straight wing LO-100 aerobatic glider, the LO-150 features a two- piece, plywood covered, single spar wing and uses flaps for glidepath control. The fuselage is a wooden monocoque with a cantilever tail. Early models had a skid and jettisonable dolly instead of a fixed main wheel. A.J. Smith won the…
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In 1938 Laister completed a sleek gull-wing sailplane, which was referred to as the Lawrence Tech Sailplane after its sponsor. Repainted red, white and blue and renamed the ‘Yankee Doodle’ it competed in a 1939 aerobatic competition at the Paris airshow. With the need for military trainers on the outbreak of World War II, Laister…