| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | BGA3277 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Jacobs Hol's der Teufel |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Jacobs Hol's der Teufel |
| Aircraft Version: | Jacobs Hol's der Teufel |
| C/n (msn): | None issued |
| 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: | 31 |
| Photo Comment |
|---|
|
BGA3277 registered Mar-1990, later to Deutsches Segelflugmuseum. The construction plans for this glider were published by Hans Jacobs in a 1932 book and quite a few were built. This one was built by Mike L Beach in the UK in 1990 and flew well. Also Schleicher built a similar model but with a number of differences. Both were developed from the 1923 Lippisch Djävlar Annama. Djävlar Annama is a curse used often by Swedish workers in the Lippisch workshop when the hammer landed on their fingers. Hol's der Teufel is a rough translation of that This photo is copyright © Peter Vercruijsse, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 16 July 2017, and has since been viewed 936 times. |