Rhön-Adler

Three generations of Alexander Schleicher glider construction

By Peter F Sellinger

..describes the lively and extremely varied history from a craft business to a medium-sized company at the foot of the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön, the "mountain of glider pilots" in Germany and the world.

..reports on the rapid technical development of gliders from the open, braced gliders made of wood, fabric and wire from 1927, the elegant wooden gliders for training and cross-country flights to today's high-performance gliders in fiber-reinforced plastic construction and their world successes in record flights and competitions, and

...tells about the people who design and build these magnificent artificial birds, lay their scientific foundations and give glider pilots the fascinating experience of flying.

3rd revised and expanded edition 2015

ISBN 978-3-00-048851-1

Landscape format 235 x 270 mm

376 pages, 970 illustrations, 396 of them in colour

Hard cover, bound with thread stitching