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The Detroit G1 Gull is an American high wing, cable-braced primary glider that was manufactured by the Detroit Aircraft Corporation during the Great Depression.[1] Design and developmentThe Gull G1 was developed by Detroit Aircraft as an inexpensive aircraft for the Depression. Detroit Aircraft later sold the rights to Stone Aircraft, who sold plans for the aircraft for amateur construction.[1] The Gull is built from wood, with the tail and wing surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. The wing is cable braced from a kingpost. The fuselage consists of a simple structure to which the seat is attached. The pilot sits on the completely open seat, with no windshield. Controls are conventional three-axis. The landing gear consists of the bottom of the fuselage shaped into a long wooden skid . Sometimes two small wheels were attached.[1] The Gull was reportedly type certified, but no record of the type certificate is on file with the Federal Aviation Administration.[1][2] Operational historyOne Gull was started before the Second World War by Peter Eyrud of Walla Walla, Washington, but not completed. This aircraft was purchased by Peter M. Bowers who completed and flew it. Bowers documented the aircraft project in an article in the March/April 1957 edition of Soaring Magazine entitled Don't Build a Primary.[1] In 1983 two other Gulls were reported to be in storage awaiting restoration.[1] In May 2011 there were two G1 Gulls registered with the Federal Aviation Administration in the USA. One was in the Kansas Aviation Museum and the other was still registered to Peter M. Bowers, even though he died in April 2003. Soaring Magazine reports that this aircraft too is actually in an unnamed aviation museum.[3][4] In August, 2013 one was put on display at the W.L Zimmerman's Hardware Store, Intercourse, Pennsylvania. This glider has been preserved in original condition from 1931.{{Citation needed|date=September 2013}} Aircraft on display
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}} References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Said, Bob: 1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine, page 40. Soaring Society of America November 1983. USPS 499-920 2. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet|title = Type Certificate Data Sheets Inquiry Results|accessdate = 7 May 2011|last = Federal Aviation Administration|authorlink = |date=May 2011}} 3. ^1 {{Cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=41775|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 7 May 2011|last = Federal Aviation Administration|authorlink = |date=May 2011}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=52Y |title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 7 May 2011|last = Federal Aviation Administration|authorlink = |date=May 2011}} 5. ^Page, Major Victor W.: Henley's ABC of gliding and sailflying, page 123. 1931.{{Cite web|url =http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpages/eBook%20Library/Batch%203/ABC%20of%20Gliding%20and%20Sailflying.pdf |title = Henley's ABC of Gliding and Sailflying}} 2 : United States sailplanes 1930–1939|Detroit Aircraft Corporation aircraft |
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