Before people were fortunate enough to have access to powered airplanes, pilots supported their flying addictions by taking off in basic open gliders. Even after the event of powered flight, people would fly gliders as it was a less expensive way to take to the skies. And the peace and quiet of powerless flight is still preferred by many pilots today.
Fly Along with 80-Year-Old Glider Design
Key Takeaways:
- Gliders offered an early, affordable, and peaceful way to fly, a preference still held by many pilots today.
- The Schulgleiter SG 38 was a popular German trainer glider designed in the early 1930s.
- Around 9,000 SG 38s were built through the 1960s, with some preserved in museums and a few replicas still actively flown.
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