Briegleb BG-6 explained
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
See also
- Briegleb El Mirage Airfield
References
Bibliography
- Book: Andrade, John. U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. 1979. Midland Counties Publications. 0-904597-22-9.
- Sailplane Directory
Notes and References
- Web site: FAA Type Certificate GTC6 . 2009-02-10 . 2017-01-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170125071231/http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/46598a20d738053f8525673d0063b31c/$FILE/ATT3N3DQ/GTC6.pdf . dead .
- http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/briegleb.htm Sailplane Directory
- Andrade 1979, p. 170
- Web site: Collection . 13 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110516142717/http://www.soaringmuseum.org/collection.html . 16 May 2011 .
