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The American Eaglet is a self-launching sailplane designed to eliminate the need for two planes, ground crews, and the requirement to operate out of a regular glider port. Its in-air-restartable engine reduces the need for off-field landings. The wings and inverted-V tailfeathers are built from spruce spars surrounded by urethane foam and covered with precured […]

The Apis series includes both a 13- and 15-meter sailplane, is a combination of composite construction and old world craftsmanship. The Apis is intended for the sport flyer, but still holds several world records. They offer a forward-hinged canopy, automatic control hookups, in-flight adjustable rudder pedals, full-span flaperons, blended winglets, and Schempp-Hirth type airbrakes. They […]

Designer R.E. Schreder built the RS-15 to OSTIV Standard Class specifications. Licensed in the amateur-builtexperimental category, its assembly is relatively simple with most major components pre-made to cut buildingtime to about 500 hours. The shoulder-type wings are all-metal with the exception of polyurethane foamribs. Provision for a 200-pound water ballast is inside the wing’s box […]

Cirrus 75 Discus 2A Discus 2C Duo Discus Nimbus 2 Nimbus 3 Nimbus 4 Ventus 2AX Ventus 2BX Ventus 2C Martin Schempp and Wolf Hirth first met in 1928 Their life-long collaborations would bring about some of theworld’s most respected sailplane designs. Beginning in 1935, the team developed the Minimoa, the first highperformance glider to […]

SGU 1-7 SGS 1-26 SGS 2-32 SGS 2-33 SGS 1-35 In December 1999, Schweizer Aircraft celebrated its 60th Anniversary. Since the three Schweizer brothers built their first glider in 1930 and incorporated Schweizer Aircraft in 1939, the company has manufactured more than 2,160 sailplanes. Schweizer is now a major U.S. aerospace contractor and no longer […]

Sonex, Ltd. is a kit manufacturer in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Their original design, the all-metal, two-seat Sonex single engine monoplane morphed into the V-tailed Waiex. Add a 45′ wingspan to that airplane, and a motorglider, the Xenos, is born. The company boasts the talents of John Monnett, creator of the Monerai sailplane and the Moni motorglider.

Stemme’s S10 is one of the truly remarkable combinations of power and glide. The big-winged aircraft has a 50:1 sink rate. The mid-engine-front propeller drive was somewhat of an evolutionary moment for motorgliders and has set a number of world records. The two-seater has carbon-fiber wings and solar panels for 30W of electrical power once […]

This single-seat water glider is built from plastic and foam materials and designed to be controlled easily by the nonpilot. The Drag-N-Fly is towed behind a ski boat and can be disconnected by the pilot. The fuselage is hinged to facilitate storage or travel. The cockpit is located forward of the biplane wings, and two […]

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Built from 1979 to 1981, the Skipper brought a certain style to the training market.