| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-8180 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Göppingen Gö-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Göppingen Gö-3 |
| Aircraft Version: | Göppingen Gö-3 Minimoa |
| C/n (msn): | 324 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Kirchheim unter Teck - HahnweideMap |
| Country: | Germany |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EDST IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Fliegenden Museums Hahnweide |
| Event: | Oldtimer Fliegertreffen Hahnweide 2013 |
| Photo Date: | 8 September 2013 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 14842 |
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Striking wing design on this rare glider survivor, almost like a real bird. This aircraft was built circa 1936 by Sportflugzeugbau Göppingen, formed in 1935 by Wolf Hirth and Martin Schempp. After the war it was used by the Royal Air Force at Geilenkirchen in then West Germany, until sold and brought to the UK in the late 1960s, where it was restored and flew again in 1972 as BGA 1738. It went to the USA as N37JK in 1984, then moved to the Netherlands in 1989 as PH-848. In 2005 it was sold to Tilo Holighaus and Sieger Maier and became one of the historic gliders of the Fliegenden Museums Hahnweide. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 October 2017, and has since been viewed 2341 times. |