Gliders: Books - History, Types and Construction

Akaflieg - Die berühmten Flugzeuge der Akademischen Fliegergruppen

Akafliegs (Academic Flying Groups) are German gliding clubs that are based at a university and whose members are primarily university staff. The main goals of the flying groups are the development and construction of gliders as well as aeronautical research. Numerous groundbreaking designs and series aircraft prototypes have already been created in their environment.
To this day, Akafliegs are considered to be a source of ideas and inspiration for all of gliding and glider construction.

This unique volume gives an overview of the most important aircraft of the Akafliegs from their beginnings to the present day.

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Deutsche Segelflugzeuge - seit 1964 (Typenkompass)

This Typenkompass presents German gliders since 1964 - and thus begins at a time when the construction of plastic gliders was significantly advanced, especially in Germany. In the tried and tested style, the reader receives a varied and competent reference work.

Each type is presented with a photo, a historical description and a technical sheet.

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Faszination Gebirgssegelflug - Geschichten, Voraussetzungen, Tipps

This volume - written by a glider pilot with decades of experience (including former member of the Austrian national gliding team and president of the Austrian national team association) - is not a dry textbook but conveys the fascination of gliding and mountain gliding to people who may initially only be interested in gliding.

On the one hand, all training topics are outlined, and on the other hand, the fascination of this unique sport is conveyed, in which pilot and aircraft become one in a dreamlike environment.

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Flug ohne Motor - Das Lehrbuch für Segelflieger

In this updated new edition of the absolute classic, glider pilots - from student pilots to flight instructors - are given all the knowledge they need to not only "operate" a glider, but to control it safely.

The student pilot will find everything he needs to prepare for the exam, the flight instructor will find material for his lessons and the active glider pilot will find background knowledge that he may no longer be familiar with in this form: aerodynamics, technology, weather events and air law.
Methodically well structured and written in an understandable way. An established standard work in its 24th edition!

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Segelfliegen - Die praktische Ausbildung

This is a textbook as it should be - written in a clear, understandable way with easy-to-follow graphics.
Multiple world champion Helmut Reichmann teaches the necessary basics of gliding. The book is generally considered a standard work. For correct, good and, above all, safe gliding.

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Segelfliegen für Anfänger

This training classic is aimed at everyone who is interested in gliding and, of course, primarily at aspiring pilots. In this comprehensively updated and revised new edition, Alexander Willberg accompanies the student pilot from the very first steps on the airfield through solo flight to the pilot's license.

The experienced flight instructor skillfully combines theory and practice: one page explains the practical activities in and around the aircraft, the other page presents the theoretical background. Numerous graphics illustrate the easy-to-understand texts.

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Segeln über den Alpen - Erlebnis und Technik des Hochgebirgsfluges

The famous glider pilot Jochen von Kalckreuth not only describes his silent flights over the Alps, his lonely hours between firn ice and endless horizons, but he also conveys in this volume basic and still valid techniques that are essential for glider pilots in this beautiful but harsh environment.

In captivating stories and precise reports, he also documents his development as a pilot from his first school take-off to his record, the longest thermal flight in the world. The book is still one of the absolute classics of gliding literature.

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