FFA Diamant
Swiss glider, 1964 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The FFA Diamant (English: Diamond) is a family of Swiss high-wing, T-tailed, single-seat, FAI Standard Class and FAI Open Class gliders that was designed by engineering students under supervision of Professor Rauscher at the ETH Zurich and manufactured by Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein AG (FFA) of Altenrhein, Switzerland.[1][2][3]
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Diamant 16.5 | |
Role | Glider |
National origin | Switzerland |
Manufacturer | Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein |
First flight | 1964 |
Status | Production completed in about 1970 |
Number built | About 86 (all models) |
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The Diamant is noted as the first glider that was built entirely from glassfibre, with no other materials, such as balsa, used as a sandwich.[1][2][3]