Schweizer SGP 1-1

SGP 1-1
Role Primary glider
National origin United States
Manufacturer Mercury Glider Club
Designer Ernest Schweizer
First flight 19 June 1930[1]
Number built 2 (including 1989 replica)

The Schweizer SGP 1-1 is an American, amateur-built, single-seat, high-wing primary glider that was designed by Ernest Schweizer and constructed by the Mercury Glider Club between 1929 and 1930.[2]

The 1-1 became the first in a line of 38 glider designs that the Schweizers created and the first of over 5700 aircraft built by them.[1]

A replica of the original 1-1 was constructed by a group of volunteers led by Ernst Schweizer in 1989 to celebrate 50 years of Schweizer sailplane construction.[3]

The SGP 1-1 has also been referred to as the SGU 1-1.[4]

  1. ^ a b Schweizer Aircraft Corporation (2006). "Schweizer Aircraft Corporation History". Archived from the original on 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  2. ^ Schweizer, Paul A: Wings Like Eagles, The Story of Soaring in the United States, pages 14-22. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. ISBN 0-87474-828-3
  3. ^ Martin, Thomas J. (October 2005). "SGP 1-1 Primary Glider". Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  4. ^ Smithsonian Institution (2004). "Directory of Airplanes". Retrieved 2008-05-03.