the oldest sailplane manufacturer

[Slawek Piela]

Which one is the oldest?
Not that it matters very much but I find conflicting info on
manufacturers web pages ...

Any one ever cared to sott it out?

S

[Dan[_6_]]

On Feb 18, 3:09*pm, Slawek Piela > wrote:
> Which one is the oldest?
> Not that it matters very much but I find conflicting info on
> manufacturers web pages ...
>
> Any one ever cared to sott it out?
>
> S


perhaps Schleicher, Founded by Alexander Schleicher in 1927

WO

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:10:10 -0800, Dan wrote:

> On Feb 18, 3:09Â*pm, Slawek Piela > wrote:
>> Which one is the oldest?
>> Not that it matters very much but I find conflicting info on
>> manufacturers web pages ...
>>
>> Any one ever cared to sott it out?
>>
>> S
>
>
> perhaps Schleicher, Founded by Alexander Schleicher in 1927
>
I've seen 1926 quoted, and continuously existing ever since. Has produced
sailplanes continuously since then apart from the years between 1945 and
1951, when the Occupying Powers forbade aircraft production. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Schleicher_GmbH_%26_Co


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