| 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 | |
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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: | 171852 |
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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 204 times. |