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Single seat glider |
Dimensions |
Length ? m, span 14.5 m, wing area 16,0 m2 |
Weights |
Empty 120 kg |
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History |
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Designed by H. Hofmann in 1926 Profile Göttingen 535 and/or 430/431 ?. First plane built for Ferdinand Schulz, he hold all world records with this plane for a period |
14 m span for the prototype, and then 16 meters for small series built. The Westpreußen, large 14 meters, was built for Ferdinand Schultz who used to explore the coast of the Baltic Sea, around Rossiten (north of Königsberg, East Prussia).
With a wingspan of 16 meters range, usual for the time, several copies of Westpreussen were built and sold, one of them having flown in England for a few years. Another was certainly purchased by Akaflieg Stuttgart, called Stadt Stuttgart, and participated in competitions and Vauville Rhön in 1928.