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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.

Nine gliders were built by Briegleb's company, the Sailplane Corporation of America, and 67 kits were sold to homebuilders. Three factory-built gliders were impressed into service with the United States Army Air Forces in 1942.

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.

Aircraft on Display

National Soaring Museum - In Storage

Operators

 United States

• United States Army Air Corps

Specifications (BG-6)

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Wingspan: 32 ft 4 in (9.86 m)
• Wing area: 117.5 sq ft (10.91 m)
• Aspect ratio: 8.9
• Gross weight: 425 lb (193 kg)

Performance

• Rate of sink: 179 ft/min (0.91 m/s)

See also

• Briegleb El Mirage Airfield

Related lists

• List of Gliders

References

Notes

1. "FAA Type Certificate GTC6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
2. ^ Sailplane Directory Archived June 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Andrade 1979, p. 170
4. "Collection". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

Bibliography

• Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
• Sailplane Directory

• 1930s United States sailplanes
• Glider aircraft
• Briegleb aircraft
• Homebuilt aircraft
• Aircraft first flown in 1939
• High-wing aircraft