BECAUSE soaring flight is a peacetime pursuit, sailplane development since 1939 has been negligible. Effort has necessarily been diverted into the design of large military gliders having no soaring ability. With so many out of touch for so long, it may be worth while to look back a little and examine the best of the immediate pre-war period.


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    Title :

    The DFS Reiher Sailplane


    Subtitle :

    A Technical Description of an Important High-Efficiency German Sporting Glider


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1946-04-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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