Aircraft Photo of D-FALKE | RRG R-5a Falke | DLV - Deutscher Luftsport-Verband | AirHistory.net #171852
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"D-FALKE"
Aircraft Original Type:RRG R-5 Falke
Aircraft Generic Type:RRG R-5 Falke
Aircraft Version:RRG R-5a Falke
C/n (msn):Not known
Display Paint:DLV - Deutscher Luftsport-Verband
Location
City / Airport:WasserkuppeMap
Country:Germany
Airport Codes:ICAO: EDER   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Deutsches Segelflugmuseum mit Modellflug
 
Photo Date:15 July 2015
Photo by:Peter Vercruijsse
Photo ID: 171852
Photo Comment

HB-16 was built in 1933 in Switzerland by Messrs Widmer and Stirnemann. In 1970 it was discovered by Klaus Heyn in an Alpine mountain railway shed and brought to Germany where he restored it. It then went to the Deutsches Segelflugmuseum at Wasserkuppe. At the lefthand side it carries the false registration D-FALKE, on the righthand side its real reg HB-16. The Falke was designed by Alexander Lippisch and apart from RRG was also built by Schleicher, Schneider, ÖAeC and many gliding clubs. In England Slingsby built it as the T-1/T-2 Falcon. For HB-16, click here

This photo is copyright © Peter Vercruijsse, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

It was added on 7 October 2019, and has since been viewed 117 times.


Submit Correction
Contact Photographer