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The Schultz ABC was a 1930s
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glider
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designed by
Arthur B. Schultz.
Design and development
The ABC was designed to compete in the 1937 Eaton Design Contest held in conjunction with the 8th US National Gliding Championships. This competition was open to any new American glider design that had not been flown at a previous National Championship. The rules required drawings and stress analysis data to be presented with the completed aircraft. The intention was that the winning design would be made available as drawings and kits for
amateur construction and that
Bureau of Air Commerce
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In 1934, the Aeronautics Bran ...
design approval would be eventually obtained as well.
[Schweizer, Paul A: ''Wings Like Eagles, The Story of Soaring in the United States'', pages 55-57. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. ]
The winners of the contest and the cash prizes won were:
*First -
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700 - ABC Sailplane,
Arthur B. Schultz, designer
*Second - US$500 -
Ross RS-1 Zanonia
The Ross RS-1 Zanonia is a single seat, gull-winged glider that was designed and built in 1937 by Harland Ross for actor Harvey Stephens. The design has been highly successful and the aircraft won several competitions, as well as setting many ...
Sailplane,
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, designer
*Third - US$300 -
SGU 1-6 Utility Glider,
Ernst and Paul Schweizer, designers
The ABC was a development of the earlier short-span
Midwest MU-1
The Midwest MU-1 was an American single-seat, high-wing, strut-braced utility glider that was designed by Arthur B. Schultz in the 1930s.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 61, Soaring Society of America November 1983. ...
, it had a two-spar two-strut wooden wing and a fabric covered steel tube fuselage and tail.
The ABC was to be available for homebuilding but only four were built before the Second World War. In 1942 one glider was used with the designation TG-16 at the USAAC glider training school in
Mobile, Alabama.
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Specifications
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Aircraft first flown in 1937