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The Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra is an Australian two-seat training sailplane of the 1950s and 1960s. It was designed by Edmund Schneider, the designer of the Grunau Baby, who had emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia following the end of the Second World War.[1]

ES-52 Kookaburra
Role Two-seat sailplane
National origin Australia
Manufacturer Edmund Schneider Pty Australia
Designer Edmund Schneider
First flight 20 June 1954
Number built 44
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Schneider ES-52B “Kookaburra”

The Kookaburra is a cantilever high-winged monoplane of wooden construction, with staggered side-by-side seating under a perspex canopy. The first example flew on 20 June 1954. It was available in both short and long wingspan versions and was widely used by Australian gliding clubs in the 1960s.[1]



Variants


ES-52 Mk.I
Initial production, 4 built.[1]
ES-52 Mk.II
Eleven built.[1]
ES-52 Mk.III
Eight built.[1]
ES-52 Mk.IV
17 built by 1964.[1]
ES-52B
A 14.86 m (48 ft 9 in) span version of the Kookaburra with a completely revised three piece wing. Four aircraft built.[2]

Specifications (ES 52 Mk.IV)


Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II[2]

General characteristics

Performance

+5 -2.5 at 142 km/h (76.7 kn), +4 -0 at 300 km/h (186.4 mph; 162.0 kn)


Notes


  1. Taylor, John W. R. (1965). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. pp. 359–360.
  2. Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 20–24.

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