Gerhard Waibel (engineer)

Gerhard Waibel ( born October 3, 1938 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a designer of gliders Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.

His father, Charles Waibel had worked with Wolf Hirth in the 1920s. Gerhard began in 1948 with flight models and helped in 1951 when building a SG38. Then he studied as a member of Akaflieg Darmstadt. Since 1962 father arranged for him and Wolf Lemke an internship at a steel plant in Sheffield, where they began the way to develop the D -36 Circe. After further developments after their return to Germany Waibel won with the D- 36, the German Championships 1964 in the open class.

1964 began his work at Schleicher. His first design, the AS 12, based on the D36 and served as a prototype for the production model ASW 12 Then he constructed almost all high-performance gliders for Schleicher, to the ASW 28, which first flew in May 2000. The "W " in the model designation of a Schleicher - aircraft stands for the designer Waibel. In August 2003, he retired after 39 years of service.

Designer Dittmar Condor Designer Kaiser: Ka 1 | 2 Ka | Ka 3 | Ka 4 | Ka 6 | 7 K | K 8 | K 10 | ASK 13 | ASK 14 | ASK 16 | ASK 18 | ASK 21 | ASK 23 Designer Waibel: ASW 12 | 15 ASW | ASW 17 | 19 ASW | ASW 20 | 22 ASW | ASW 24 | 27 ASW | ASW 28 Designer Heide: ASH 25 | ASH 26 | ASH 30 Mi | ASH 31 Mi Designer Greiner: ASG 29 | 32 ASG

• Aviation pioneer
• Person ( aircraft )
• Glider
• German
• Born in 1938
• Man