The Akaflieg Berlin B5 was a glider built in Germany in the late 1930s. It featured a high-wing, cantilever sailplane configuration of all-wood construction, with cantilevered gull-wings, retractable landing-gear, all-moving-tail, dive air-brakes.[1]
B5 | |
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Role | Sailplane |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Akaflieg Berlin |
First flight | 1937 |
Number built | 1 |
Data from ,[2] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[3]
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