Göppingen Gö 1

The Göppingen Gö 1 Wolf was the first glider, which was founded in 1935 company Göppingen Martin Schempp sport aircraft.

As a competitor to the Grunau Baby was developed by the designers and Reinhold Wolf Hirth Seeger strutted high -wing monoplane of wooden construction from 1934 and built. Supporting and tail are a partially covered with fabric and the landing skid has a fixed wheel built in 1936 reduced to the rudder slightly and built Umströmschlitze before the aileron because the got Gö - 1 easy to spin. In addition, there was a fully aerobatic variant that had on the wings instead of the simple V- strut. Such a machine won the first international sailing aerobatic competition in 1939 in St. Germain in Paris, a silver medal.

The first pattern was developed by the British company National Aviation Displays Ltd. bought and flown by the British glider pilot Joan Meakin in aircraft towing directly to London. From 1935 to 1940, produced about 100 pieces in series (from 1938 in Kirchheim -Teck ) in Göppingen. More Gö 1 originated in license at Naumburg aircraft.

Aircraft received

  • Gö -1 Wolf, D -15 -2 / in the German glider museum, american replica
  • Gö -1 Wolf, D- 9026 / replica of Otto Gray from Ludwigsburg, which was created based on the original plans between 1989 and 1993
  • Gö -1 Wolf, D -15 926 D 0926 in the Flying Museum Hahnweide, original from the Year 1937 Baumummer 138

Specifications

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