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Santa Cruz do Sul S.C.S.1

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Santa Cruz do Sul S.C.S.1
The S.C.S.1 glider before its first flight, in 1920.
Role Glider
National origin Brazil
Designer Rudolf Lohre
Gustav Wenneeck
First flight 1920
Number built 1

The S.C.S.1 was a 1920s Brazilian single-seat sailplane of high-wing construction, manufacturer at Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.[1]

Development

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In mid-1919, Rudolf Lohre and Gustav Wenneeck, two Germans living in Rio Grande do Sul, acquired a German magazine with plans of several German gliders of the time, and used it as a basis for the creation of a glider.[1] With technical help from Luiz Sthal and Oscar Adolphs, and financial help from the brothers Hoezel and Helmuth Dreher.[1] The aircraft was ready in January 1920.[1]

It had a pinho and taquara structure.[1] The tests were made in Henrique Filter's farm, only a single flight was registered, on January 26 of the same year, when the aircraft flew 20 meters at a height of 5 meters.[1]

This was the first flight of a glider in South America.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Pereira, Roberto (1997). Enciclopédia de Aviões Brasileiros. Vol. 1. São Paulo: Editora Globo. p. 358. ISBN 9788525021373.