Akaflieg München Mü10 Milan
Akaflieg München · Germany · first flew 1934 · glider
The Akaflieg München Mü10 Milan is a two-seat training and cross-country glider designed by Egon Scheibe in 1934. Only one was built.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | High-mounted, tapered |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × none, embedded-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Fabric-covered welded steel-tube fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- Two-seat glider with a shoulder-mounted trapezoidal wooden wing
- Fabric-covered welded steel-tube fuselage
- Rear cockpit entered by a large door on the port side that doubled as an airbrake
A two-seat wooden shoulder-wing glider with a long-span wing and a distinctive door on the left side of the rear cockpit.
Specifications
- The Akaflieg München Mü10 Milan has a length of 6.75 m (22 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 17.8 m (58 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 180 km/h (112 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
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History
It flew successfully in 1934 and won the 1934 Rhön construction prize and first place at the ISTUS conference. It was the first practical sailplane to use a welded steel-tube fuselage.
Variants
A proposed instrument-flying version, the Mü24 Milan II, never progressed beyond the drawing board.
Where you'll see it
It made a world record-breaking 180 km flight in 1935 and was later given to the Deutsches Museum. Akaflieg München revived it in 1951 as a trainer and retired it again around 1959.
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