Haufe Dale Hawk 2

Dale Hawk 2
Role Glider
National origin United States
Designer Walter Haufe and Leland Hanselman
First flight 1939
Status Sole example in the EAA AirVenture Museum
Number built One


The Haufe Dale Hawk 2 is an American high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat glider that was designed and built by Walter Haufe and Leland Hanselman.[1][2]

Design and development

The Dale Hawk 2 was named for Hanselman's home town of Dale, Wisconsin.[2]

The aircraft was designed and built in 1939 and is constructed from wood, with doped aircraft fabric covering. The two-spar wing is braced with "V" struts and employs a U.S.A. 35A airfoil. The wing has no spoilers or other glidepath control devices.[1][2]

Operational history

In 1940 Haufe completed a nine-hour and fifty-minute flight over High Cliff near Neenah, Wisconsin flying the Dale Hawk 2.[2][3]

Once the United States entered the Second World War at the end of 1941, the aircraft was put in storage, where it suffered some damage. It was purchased by C. M. Van Airsdale in 1954 and restored by him with the assistance of Hanselman, Harry Edwards and C. Vogt. In 1969 Van Airsdale donated it to the EAA AirVenture Museum.[2][3]

Aircraft on display

Specifications (Dale Hawk 2)

Data from Sailplane Directory, Soaring and EAA[1][2][5]

General characteristics

Performance

See also


Related lists

References

  1. 1 2 3 Activate Media (2006). "Dale Hawk 2 Haufe". Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Said, Bob: 1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine, page 44 Soaring Society of America November 1983. USPS 499-920
  3. 1 2 3 Experimental Aircraft Association, Haufe Dale Hawk 2 – N18278 http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Haufe-Dale Hawk 2.asp, 2011, retrieved 14 May 2011
  4. Federal Aviation Administration (May 2011). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. Experimental Aircraft Association, Haufe Dale Hawk 2 – Specifications http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Haufe-Dale Hawk 2 Specifications.asp, 2011, retrieved 14 May 2011

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