Schneider ES-52

ES-52 Kookaburra
Role Two-seat sailplane
National origin Australia
Manufacturer Edmund Schneider Ltd
Designer Edmund Schneider
First flight 20 June 1954
Number built 41[1]

The Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra is an Australian two-seat training sailplane of the 1950s and 1960s. It was designed by Edmund Schneider, the designer of the Grunau Baby, who had emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia following the end of the Second World War.[2]

The Kookaburra is a cantilever high-winged monoplane of wooden construction, with staggered side-by-side seating under a perspex canopy. The first example flew on 20 June 1954.[2] It was available in both short and long wingspan versions.[1] It was widely used by Australian gliding clubs in the 1960s.[2]

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Variants

ES-52 Mk I
Initial production, 4 built.[2]
ES-52 Mk II
Eleven built.[2]
ES-52 Mk III
Eight built.[2]
ES-52 Mk IV
17 built by 1964.[2]

Specifications (ES 52 Mk IV)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 [2]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Airflow May 2007 - Kookaburra Konvention". Gliding Club of Victoria. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Taylor 1965, pp. 359–360.

References

  • Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.

See also

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