Schreder HP-7
HP-7 | |
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Role | Glider |
National origin | United States |
Designer | Richard Schreder |
First flight | 1957 |
Introduction | 1957 |
Status | sole example destroyed 1957 |
Primary user | Richard Schreder |
Produced | 1957 |
Number built | One |
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The Schreder HP-7 was an American glider, the first design of Richard Schreder and the first in the long line of Schreder HP sailplanes.[1][2]
Design and development
Schreder built the HP-7 (HP stands for "high performance") in 1957 as a competition sailplane. Only one was built.[1][2]
Operational history
The HP-7 was completed just in time to finish the Federal Aviation Administration-mandated test flying for amateur-built aircraft before the 1957 US National soaring competition started. Schreder entered the competition with the aircraft and placed well.[1][2]
The aircraft was destroyed in an aerotowing incident right after the US Nationals. Schreder decided not to build another HP-7, but drawing from his short experience with the aircraft that summer, he went on to design and build the Schreder Airmate HP-8, completing it for the 1958 season.[1][2]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Activate Media (2006). "HP-8 Airmate HP Aircraft, LLC". Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 Said, Bob: 1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine, page 18. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920