The 604 was a 22 m. span development of the Kestrel 17. First flying early in 1970, it finished sixth in the 1970 World Championships at Marfa, and also came second in the Open Class at the 1974 World Championships at Waikerie, Australia. Originally intended as a development vehicle for a two-seat high performance sailplane,…
The Glasflugel 304, which first flew in 1980, was the 15-meter racing class successor to the 303 Mosquito. Is features Glasflugel trailing edge dice brakes and interconnected variable camber flaps, a parrallogram control stick, T-tail with fixed stabilizer and elevator, and automatic connection on assembly of all flight control
First flown in 1949, the 215 was taken by Harold Hutchinson to 2nd place in the 1958 Nationals. The design featured a V-tail and retractable wheel, with flaps for glidepath control. One example belongs to the National Soaring Museum.
The Diana sailplane is a flapped single place high-performance sailplane 15-meter with a mid- height wing and a “T”-tail arrangement. It uses carbon and aramide fibers exclusively to achieve an impressively low weight for a competitive sailplane of this type. The unique “sparless” wings can hold 160 litres (42.25 gallons) of water ballast, with a…
The Salto is an aerobatic sailplane designed by Ursula Hanle, widow of the former Glasflugel director and designer Eugen Hanle. The Salto, which first flew in 1971, employs a Standard Libelle wing shortened at the root to produce a span of 13.6 m., and fitted with trailing edge dive brakes and a tail parachute for…
The ABC, a development of the simpler, shorter span Midwest MU-1 designed three years earlier, won the 1937 Eaton design competition. The result was due largely to its sound esign and ease of construction, while the much higher performing Ross-Stephens RS-1 Zanonia placed second due to complicated construction and emphasis on ground tow capability. The…
The tandem two-place ASH-25 first flew in 1986 and within a couple of years had set five world speed records for triangular courses varying from 330 km./ 205.1 miles to 1,380 km/ 857.0 miles. Hans Werner Grosse of Germany has set 12 world records in all flying an ASH-25. The ASH-25 is the production version…
Edmund Schneider, who designed the Grunau Baby and manufactured at Grunau in Silesia, Germany before World War II, moved to Australia after the war with his two sons. With support from the Gliding Federtion of Australia, Schneider established the sailplane business there and produced several new sailplane designs. The Arrow is a ship with an…
The T-3, which first flew in 1951, uses a set of Laister-Kauffmann LK-10A wings with a new all- metal fuselage with V-tail and retractable wheel. Later the wing was rebuilt and a new all-metal tail was incorporated.