| SGU 2-22 | |
|---|---|
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| A Schweizer 2-22E (TG-2) of the US Air Force Academy | |
| Role | Training sailplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Schweizer Aircraft Corporation |
| Designer | Ernest Schweizer |
| First flight | March 1946[1] |
| Number built | 258 |
The Schweizer SGU 2-22 is an American two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, training glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.[2]
The 2-22 was designed to replace the two-place training gliders surplussed at the end of World War II . Production was started in 1946 and it was produced until 1967, when it was superseded by an improved version, the SGS 2-33. From the 1940s until the 1960s it was the most numerous two-place training glider in the USA.[2][3]
- ^ Schweizer, Paul A: Wings Like Eagles, The Story of Soaring in the United States, pages 97-227. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. ISBN 0-87474-828-3
- ^ a b Said, Bob: 1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine, pages 26. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920
- ^ Activate Media (2006). "SGU 2-22 Schweizer". Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2008.