Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-24

The fs 24 Phoenix is the first single-seat glider in the world, built in glass-fiber reinforced plastic construction. He thus has a major pioneering role in the development, design and production of all modern gliders.

In order to increase lift during takeoff and thermal flight and landing aid as he has split flaps on the wing underside. In contrast to today's fiber composite gliders, which are almost exclusively made using epoxy resin, arrived at Phoenix polyester resin for application.

History

The in Akaflieg Stuttgart designed and built by Richard Eppler and Hermann Naegele aircraft led on 27 November 1957, the pilot Hermann Naegele on the airfield Schwaighofen at Ulm the first flight with a wind restart. At the German Gliding Championships 1959 in Karlsruhe- Forchheim the Phoenix Rudolf Lindner made ​​her first appearance in the competition and finished in 5th place.

Built by the Bölkow subsidiary apparatus nabern GmbH in Series Version fs -24 Phoenix T received a T-tail and a spring-loaded, retractable main wheel instead of the skid. A total of seven copies of the Phoenix T were produced there until 1961.

Specifications

The data of the prototype D- 8258:

Aircraft received

The prototype of the fs 24 Phoenix is located in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

The prototype of the production version of Phoenix T0 with the factory no. 2 ( the count began with the prototype with cruciform tail ) and the registration D - 8353 is issued in the German glider museum. This aircraft was flown by Ernst Günter Haase in the World Gliding Championships 1960 in Cologne.

Even today some flying phoenix T. Among them is the last to be built copy with the factory no. 8, which is currently flown with the registration PH -999 by the owner Hans Disma in the Netherlands and at international classic car meeting. Up for sale to Australia in 2008 and he had also flew the factory no. 3 with the registration PH -949, the oldest licensed to transport serial glider in GRP construction.