The Bowlus BS-100 Super Albatross is a single seat, mid-wing Glider (sailplane), glider that was designed by Hawley Bowlus in 1938.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 6. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920

Design and development

The Super Albatross was created from a Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross, Baby Albatross fuselage pod and tail boom. The wings used the outer panels of the Bowlus 1-S-2100, Senior Albatross. The resulting aircraft was of wooden construction, with the wings and tail surfaces covered in aircraft fabric. The tail boom is a metal tube. Only two examples were constructed. The first was built by Bowlus and features an all-flying horizontal stabilizer. The second was built by Frank Kelsey and has a fixed horizontal stabilizer and Flap (aircraft), flaps in addition to Spoiler (aeronautics), spoilers.

Aircraft on display

*National Soaring Museum *US Southwest Soaring Museum

Specifications (Super Albatross)

References

{{William Hawley Bowlus aircraft designs 1930s United States sailplanes Bowlus aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1938