BG-6
Role Single-seat Glider
National origin United States
Manufacturer Sailplane Corporation of America
Designer William G Briegleb
First flight 1939
Number built 9 (+67 kits)
Variants Briegleb BG-7

The Briegleb BG-6 was a 1930s single-seat glider designed by William G. Briegleb to be both factory and homebuilt.

Development

The BG-6 is a high-wing single-seat glider with a steel-tube-and-fabric fuselage, wooden wings with fabric covering and a metal-and-fabric tail. The type certificate was approved on 14 September 1940.[1]

Nine gliders were built by Briegleb's company, the Sailplane Corporation of America, and 67 kits were sold to homebuilders.[2] Three factory-built gliders were impressed into service with the United States Army Air Forces in 1942.[3]

Variants

BG-6
Company designation for both factory and homebuilt aircraft.
XTG-9
United States Army Air Corps designation for three factory built BG-6s which were impressed as training gliders in 1942.[3]

Aircraft on Display

National Soaring Museum - In Storage[4]

Operators

 United States

Specifications (BG-6)

Data from [2]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ^ "FAA Type Certificate GTC6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  2. ^ a b Sailplane Directory Archived June 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Andrade 1979, p. 170
  4. ^ "Collection". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

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