Akaflieg Berlin B8

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B8 V2
Role Sailplane
National origin Germany
ManufacturerAkaflieg Berlin
First flight1939
Number built2

The Akaflieg Berlin B8 was a German sailplane built in the late 1930s for the 1939 Olympic games glider competition in Rome. It was a high-wing sailplane with a cantilever shoulder-wing, dive air-brakes and all wood construction. [1] [2]

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Specifications (variant specified)

Data from , [3] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 Schneider, Helmut (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie. 5. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage (in German). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 284.
  2. Wefeld, Hans Joachim (1995). 75 Jahre 10 NI AKAFLIEG BERLIN 1920 - 1995 (in German). Akademische Fliegergruppe Berlin e.V. pp. 52, 64–65.
  3. Schneider, Helmut (1941). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie. 5. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage (in German). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 170.