Lommatzsch Lom-61 Favorit
VEB Apparatebau Lommatzsch · East Germany · first flew 1961 · glider
The Lommatzsch Lom-61 Favorit is a single-seat, high-performance glider designed and built in East Germany in the early 1960s. Only five were built, mostly used by aviation clubs.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | High-mounted, tapered |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × none, embedded-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Slender wooden fuselage with a long, low, single-piece canopy |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- High wing, straight tapered in plan, built in two pieces
- Slender wooden fuselage with a long, low, single-piece canopy
- Fixed monowheel and rubber-sprung nose skid
A slender wooden glider with a high tapered wing, airbrakes mounted further aft than usual, tailplane on top of the fuselage and a long single-piece canopy.
Specifications
- The Lommatzsch Lom-61 Favorit has a length of 6.74 m (22 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 15 m (49 ft).
- Typical crew: 1.
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History
The Lommatzsch factory of the Volkseigener Betrieb Flugzeug was responsible for glider design and production in East Germany. The Lom-61 was principally designed by Hans Wegerich, Hans Hartung and Wolfgang Heintze, and first flew around 1961.
Variants
Proposed variants for 1962 to 1964 were not built, so the Favorit remained a single version.
Where you'll see it
The five Favorits flew competitively in East Germany until 1980. One set a national record of 107 km/h over a 100 km triangle, and another was the first to fly a German 50 km triangle. One survivor, DM-2704, is on display at the German Sailplane Museum on the Wasserkuppe.
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