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National Soaring Museum
The National Soaring Museum (NSM) is an aviation museum whose stated aim is to preserve the history of motorless flight. It is located on top of Harris Hill near Elmira, New York, United States. The NSM is the Soaring Society of America's official repository. In 1975, the SSA Board of Directors transferred the Soaring Hall of Fame to the National Soaring Museum. The museum features a large collection of vintage and historical gliders. The museum also administers the National Landmark of Soaring program to recognize people, places and events which are significant in the history of motorless aviation. History Elmira and Harris Hill have long been associated with soaring in the USA. The establishment of the nation's most prolific glider manufacturer, Schweizer Aircraft in Elmira and the holding of first 13 National Soaring Contests at the site between 1930 and 1946 guaranteed its stature as a location. During the US National Soaring Contests in the 1950s competitors and organizer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmira, New York
Elmira () is a city and the county seat of Chemung County, New York, United States. It is the principal city of the Elmira, New York, metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Chemung County. The population was 26,523 at the 2020 census, down from 29,200 at the 2010 census, a decline of more than 7 percent. The City of Elmira is in the south-central part of the county, surrounded on three sides by the Town of Elmira. It is in the Southern Tier of New York, a short distance north of the Pennsylvania state line. History Early history The region of Elmira was inhabited by the Cayuga nation (also known as the Kanawaholla) of the Haudenosaunee prior to European colonization. Cayuga residing in the region maintained relations with European settlers, primarily related to the fur trade, but were otherwise relatively isolated from encroaching colonial settlements. During the American Revolutionary War, the Sullivan Expedition of 1779 was mounted by the Continental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkshire Concept 70
The Berkshire Concept 70, sometimes called simply the C-70, is an American, single seat, high-wing, 15 metre class competition glider that was designed by Arthur Zimmermann and produced by the Berkshire Manufacturing Corporation of Lake Swannanoa, New Jersey between 1971 and 1974.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 11. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920 Design and development The Concept 70 was intended to be a domestic US fiberglass sailplane that would compete with the best European 15 metre aircraft being produced in the late 1960s. The company started out as a fiberglass aircraft repair shop founded by Zimmermann and Wolfgang Schaer, but quickly progressed to aircraft design and construction. The aircraft is made from molded fiberglass, with an internal fuselage steel frame skeleton that connects the monowheel landing gear and the wing fittings to the fuselage, while also providing a protective cockpit cage for improved impact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin-Stevens PS-2
The Franklin PS-2 is an American, high-wing, strut-braced, single seat, glider that was designed by R. E. Franklin and produced by the Franklin Glider Corporation starting in 1930.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 12. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920 Design and development The prototype PS-2 was the wingspan ''Texaco Eaglet'', flown in 1930. The production PS-2 had shorter wings. The PS-2 is constructed with a steel tube fuselage and a wooden wing, all covered in doped aircraft fabric covering. The wings lack spoilers of other glide-path control devices and are supported by dual, parallel struts. The landing gear is a fixed monowheel and a skid. Operational history The prototype Eaglet performed a number of long tows, including one flown by Frank Hawks from California to Elmira, New York in 1930 and is now in the National Air and Space Museum. In 1934, the PS-2 was the glider of choice for the ''Lustig Skytrain'' expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin PS-2
The Franklin PS-2 is an American, high-wing, strut-braced, single seat, glider that was designed by R. E. Franklin and produced by the Franklin Glider Corporation starting in 1930.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 12. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920 Design and development The prototype PS-2 was the wingspan ''Texaco Eaglet'', flown in 1930. The production PS-2 had shorter wings. The PS-2 is constructed with a steel tube fuselage and a wooden wing, all covered in doped aircraft fabric covering. The wings lack spoilers of other glide-path control devices and are supported by dual, parallel struts. The landing gear is a fixed monowheel and a skid. Operational history The prototype Eaglet performed a number of long tows, including one flown by Frank Hawks from California to Elmira, New York in 1930 and is now in the National Air and Space Museum. In 1934, the PS-2 was the glider of choice for the ''Lustig Skytrain' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmira Dagling Primary
The Slingsby T.3 Primary (a.k.a. Dagling) was a single-seat training glider produced in the 1930s by Fred Slingsby in Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire. Design and development During the 1920s Alexander Lippisch designed a training glider with very low performance to introduce pilots gradually to full-blown gliding. The result was a glider with a very simple structure of an open framework fuselage, with short wings attached by cables to a king post and the base of the fuselage. Lippisch's original design, the Zögling (Pupil in English) had an all-wood fuselage but Wolf Hirth instigated a redesign of the rear fuselage using steel tubes. History The plans for the modified Zögling made their way via the United States to the London Gliding Club and Reginald Foster Dagnall, whose RFD company put it into production as the RFD Primary. They built 27 in 1930-31. The type became known as the Dagling, a name formed by combining Dagnall and Zögling, which later became used informally to cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DFS Olympia Meise
The DFS Olympia Meise (German: "Olympic Titmouse") was a German sailplane designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) for Olympic competition, based on the DFS Meise. Design and development After the Olympic games in Berlin in 1936 introduced gliding as an Olympic sport, plans were made to fly the 1940 Olympic championships with a standard design of sailplane to give each pilot the same chances. The Meise was redesigned to fit into the new Olympic class specifications. The new 'Olympia' Meise had the prescribed wingspan of 15 m (49 ft 2 in), spoilers, but no flaps, and an undercarriage consisting of a skid and a non-retractable wheel. The pilot sat all-enclosed in an aerodynamically clean fuselage made of laminated wood and topped by an acrylic glass hood. The plane could be launched by winch as well by towplane. Its wood-and-fabric construction made it easy for flying clubs to maintain, to repair and even to build the gliders from kits. A design cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culver Rigid Midget
The Culver Rigid Midget is an American mid-wing, single seat glider that was designed by Irv Culver in 1941. The prototype was constructed by Ray Parker and Bill Bowmar and completed in 1947Rogers, Bennett: ''1974 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 50. Soaring Society of America, August 1974. USPS 499-920Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 58, Soaring Society of America November 1983. USPS 499-920 Design and development Culver designed the Rigid Midget as a development of the Screaming Wiener in 1941, but due to the Second World War no prototype was constructed until 1947. The Rigid Midget resembles the Screaming Wiener, but the Midget has a wingspan that is greater and it uses a different airfoil. The first Midget was built by Parker and Bowmar and is registered with the Federal Aviation Administration as a ''Bellow Flex CC 4-36''. Bowmar completely restored and rebuilt the aircraft in about 1971 and donated it to the National Soarin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briegleb BG-12BD
The Briegleb BG-12 is a single-seat sailplane of wooden construction developed in the United States in the 1950s. It was marketed for homebuilt aircraft, homebuilding in plans or kit form, with over 350 sets of plans selling by 1978. The BG-12 is a conventional sailplane design, with a high cantilever wing and a conventional empennage. Later models featured a highly revised fuselage, a swept-forward tail fin, and an all flying tailplane with balance tabs. Variants ;BG-12 :prototype derived from Briegleb BG-6, BG-6 ;BG-12A :Initial market version ;BG-12B :1963 version with revised wing ;BG-12BD :BG-12B with revised wing and ailerons ;BG-12C :Flapless 15 metre wing to meet Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, FAI Standard Class requirements, one built. ;BG-12/16 :Revised, lower-drag fuselage and tail fin, all flying tailplane ;Jobagy Bagyjo :BG-12 fuselage and empennage with Cherokee II Wings. Built in 1962 by John Jobagy, currently on display at the Aero Space Museum of Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briegleb BG-6
The Briegleb BG-6 was a 1930s single-seat glider designed by William G. Briegleb to be both factory and homebuilt. Development The BG-6 is a high-wing single-seat glider with a steel-tube-and-fabric fuselage, wooden wings with fabric covering and a metal-and-fabric tail. The type certificate was approved on 14 September 1940. Nine gliders were built by Briegleb's company, the Sailplane Corporation of America, and 67 kits were sold to homebuilders.Sailplane Directory Three factory-built gliders were impressed into service with the in 1942.Andrade 1979, p. 170 Variants ;BG-6 :Company designation for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowlus Senior Albatross
The Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross was a 1930s single-seat glider designed by William Hawley Bowlus for Bowlus Sailplane Company Ltd. The aircraft is based on a prototype glider the "Super Sailplane" designed by Bowlus, and instructor Martin Schempp, built by students at the Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute The Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute was an early professional trade school operated by the Curtiss-Wright corporation for aircraft maintenance training. Director Major C. C. Moseley was one of only three school directors selected across Ameri .... Specifications See also References Bibliography *Coates, Andrew, ''Jane's World Sailplanes and Motorgliders''. London. Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1978. *Simons, Martin. ''Sailplanes 1920 - 1945'' (Volume 1). Eqip Werbung & Verlag Gmbh (2004) External links Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowlus BA-102 Two-Place Baby Albatross
The Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross is an American high-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, pod-and-boom glider that was designed by Hawley Bowlus and introduced in 1938.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', pages 6-7. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920 Design and development Bowlus designed the Baby Albatross as an inexpensive glider during the Great Depression. The aircraft initially sold for US$750 ready-to-fly, and US$385 as a kit for amateur construction. Initially produced as a kit by Bowlus, the rights to the design were purchased in 1944 by Laister-Kauffmann, although that company went out of business before commencing production. The BA-100 is of mixed construction. The wings and tail surfaces are of wooden structure, covered in aircraft fabric. The tailboom is made from a metal tube and the cockpit pod is of molded plywood. The aircraft features no glide-path control devices, although some were later modified with spoilers. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
