Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen

Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded 1976
Founder Heiner Neumann and Dieter Reich
Headquarters Putzbrunn, Germany
Products Gliders
Website www.eel.de

Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen (English: Development and Testing of Light Aircraft), usually just EEL, is a German aircraft design firm based in Putzbrunn. The company was founded in 1976 by Heiner Neumann and Dieter Reich. It specializes in the design of gliders and motor gliders, provided in the form of plans for amateur construction.[1][2]

Both Neumann and Reich studied aeronautics in the early 1960s while at the Technical University of Berlin. Reich designed the two aircraft marketed by EEL.[3]

The EEL ULF 1, a foot-launched microlift glider that weighs 55 kg (121 lb) empty, first flew in November 1977. The EEL ULF 2 is a single-seat motorglider that first flew in October 1993. As a result of his design work on the ULF 2 Reich received the Oskar Ursinus Vereinigung (OUV) Hans-Becker-Prize in June 1997.[1][2][4]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by EEL
Model name First flight Number built Type
EEL ULF 1 November 1977 More than 40 microlift glider
EEL ULF 2 October 1993 15 Motor glider

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 136. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen. "ULF 2 Description". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen. "About Us". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen. "ULF 1 Description". Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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