__NOTOC__ The Kassel 12 was a German

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used for training, developed in the 1920s. It was a minimalist design with the

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sitting atop a tapered wooden structure that supported a high wing on a set of struts, and carried a conventional empennage at the rear. A spring skid was provided as undercarriage.

Operators

Finland

Conscripts from Lentoasema 2 built one Kassel 12A in 1935. The first flight with the aircraft was performed by

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Ahonius at

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on 28 March 1935. The aircraft was used at the Jämijärvi glider school in the summer of 1936, carrying the designation number "13". The aircraft is today on display at the

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in Asikkala, near

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Specifications

References

Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History website
* Keskinen, Niska, Stenman: ''Suomen museolentokoneet'', Tietoteos, 1981. {{Fieseler aircraft 1930s German sailplanes Glider aircraft Fieseler aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1935 High-wing aircraft