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Glasflügel BS-1

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sailplane pilot and industrialist, producing a design that was very advanced for its time. While the designer was test flying of one of the prototypes in 1963 the aircraft suffered an in-flight structural failure and Stender was killed. Glasflügel then took over the project and re-engineered the
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The BS-1 was considered one of the first soaring "super ships" and was one of the most high-performing gliders of its time, the mid-1960s. Alfred Rohm of West Germany flew a BS-1 to a world 300 km (186 mi) speed record of 135.3 km/h (84 mph) in 1967.
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flew a BS-1 on a 917 km (570 mi) flight in 1970. At that time it was the third-longest soaring flight ever made.
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The prototype BS-1 was designed by Stender as the initials indicate; the BS-1 was closely based on his earlier
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0.543 m/s (106.8 ft/min) at 80 km/h (50 mph)
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A planned improved model, the BS-1b, was never produced.
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and features an 18.0 m (59.1 ft) wing with
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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Index


Glider
West Germany
Glasflügel
Björn Stender
West German
high-wing
T-tailed
FAI Open Class
glider
Björn Stender
Glasflügel
Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-6 Nixope
South African
Glasflügel H-301 Libelle
fiberglass
flaps
dive brakes
Thierry Thys
San Leandro, California

Frontiers of Flight Museum
Frontiers of Flight Museum
National Soaring Museum
Aspect ratio
Schleicher ASW 12
Schempp-Hirth Cirrus
List of gliders

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