Schleicher ASH 26 E (c/n 26145, D-KSBS) self-powered glider, static exhibition during open doors event at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, August 2024 At the beginning of the 1990s, Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. aviation company developed […]
Letov LF-107 Luňák (c/n 34, OK-0820), flying display at 32nd edition of Aviatická pouť air show, Pardubice, June 2024. On 25th June 1948, prototype of the new Czechoslovak aerobatic glider LF-107 Luňák (English: kite) performed […]
On 31st May 1811, Albrecht Berblinger, also known as der Schneider von Ulm (the Tailor of Ulm), made a public presentation of his heavier-than-air flying device, most probably a hang glider. Regrettably, his attempt to […]
Poncelet (SABCA) Vivette (c/n 2, O-BAFH), exhibited in the aviation section of the Royal Museum of Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, September 2023. In 1920, Georges Néils – World War I aviation lieutenant and […]
Schulgleiter SG 38 (OK-ZKD 35, an airworthy replica of German training glider from the 1930s), static display at open doors event at 21st Tactical Air Base, Čáslav, May 2023. In 1936, Edmund Schneider, a German […]
Orličan VT-16 Orlík (c/n 150702, OK-2141), single-seat glider, static display during open doors day at Aeroklub Broumov, Broumov, October 2022. At the end of the 1950s, a well-known Czechoslovak aviation designer, Jiří Matějček, developed a […]
Grunau Baby IIb (c/n 41, OE-0448), single-seat sailplane, static exhibition at open doors event in Aeroklub Jaroměř, May 2015. Grunau Baby sailplane was created during the winter of 1930/31 by Edmund Schneider, German aircraft designer […]
Scheibe Bergfalke IV glider (c/n 5816, OK-3377), winch launching at LKBR / Broumov airfield, September 2022. Bergfalke IV is the final development within the Bergfalke (English: mountain hawk) glider family designed and produced by German […]
The Wright brothers arrived at Kitty Hawk, to perform the further flights with their 1902 Wright Glider. On 25 September 1903, the brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright came to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to carry […]
A replica of Jacobs – Lippisch ´Hol´s der Teufel´ glider designed in 1928, performing the flying display at Den ve vzduchu 2016 air show, Plasy (Czech Republic). In 1928, Alexander Lippisch and Hans Jacobs, two […]
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