1. Biography

2. References

Biography

Waibel was born in Frankfurt. His father Karl Waibel had worked with Wolf Hirth in the 1920s. Gerhard began flying models in 1948 and in 1951 helped with the building the SG38. He then studied at Akaflieg Darmstadt. Gerhard's father arranged in 1962 a practical course in a steel plant for him and Wolf Lemke in Sheffield where in the evenings they started designing the D-36 Circe. After much development back in Germany, Waibel flew the D-36 to the victory in the Open Class of the German Championships in 1964.

He joined Schleicher in 1964. His first design, the ASW 12, was based on the D36. He then designed almost all the racing gliders for Schleichers up to the ASW 28 which first flew in May 2000. The 'W' in a Schleicher designation shows that he designed it. He retired in August 2003 after 39 years service.

References

• First World Forum of Critical Thinking
• First World problem (disambiguation)
• First World Problems
• First World Problems (album)
• First World Problems (song)
• First World Series of Poker
• First World Trade Center
• First World war
• First World War centenary
• First World War glass-rubber exchange
• First World War glass–rubber exchange
• First Wuzhen Theatre Festival
• First WWF UK Event
• First WWF UK Event (1989)
• First XV
• First Yanukovych Government
• First Yatsenyuk Government
• First Year of Deception
• First-Year Student
• First, You Cry
• First You Dream
• First Ys cabinet
• First Yugoslav Basketball League
• First Zapatero Cabinet
• First Zapatero Government