| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-5069 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Schneider ES-49 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Schneider ES-49 |
| Aircraft Version: | Schneider ES-49 |
| Licence-built by: | Schleicher |
| C/n (msn): | 15/52 |
| Operator Titles: | Oldtimer Segelflugclub Wasserkuppe |
| Location | |
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| 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: | 106380 |
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D-5069 was built and delivered in Oct-1952. After it was damaged in 1990 it went to the Deutsches Segelflugmuseum at Wasserkuppe. The ES-49 was designed by Edmund Schneider who gave a license to Schleicher to build the prototypes and series production. Only 8 were built because the gliding clubs preferred steel tube trainers instead of the wooden construction of the ES-49. After Schneider moved to Australia plans of the aircraft were sold as the ES-49 Wallaby and a few were built. A redesigned development was the ES-49B Kangaroo. This photo is copyright © Peter Vercruijsse, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 28 November 2018, and has since been viewed 780 times. |