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In the late 1940s, the
Weber-Landolf-Münch engineering office for aircraft calculation and
design in Lucerne, founded
in 1942, developed the WLM 1 for the Swiss Airforce specifically for the
training of future military pilots.The idea was obvious since the new
jet aircraft, such as the Vampire, were far more similar to a glider in
terms of forward cockpit position and landing technique with nose gears
than the previously flown propeller-driven fighters with a tail wheel
and a cockpit behind a long one engine snout. The result was a glider
that was extraordinarily advanced for the time, but also very complex to
build. Only three examples of the WLM 1 were built. The originally planned procurement of 12 aircraft for the Swiss Air Force was not approved |
Das 1942 gegründete Ingenieurbüro für Flugzeug-berechnung und
-konstruktion Weber-Landolf-Münch in Luzern entwickelte in den 1940ern für
das Schweizer Militär die WLM 1 speziell für das Training von künftigen
Militärpiloten. Die Idee war naheliegend, da die neuen Jet-Flugzeuge, wie
z.B. der Vampire, hinsichtlich der Position des Cockpits ganz vorn und der Landetechnik mit Bugradfahrwerk einem Segelflugzeug weitaus ähnlicher
waren als den bis dahin geflogenen Propeller-Jagdflugzeugen mit Spornrad
und dem Cockpit hinter einer langen Motorschnauze. Heraus kam ein für die
damalige Zeit ausserordentlich fortschrittliches, aber auch recht aufwändig
gebautes Segelflugzeug. Es wurden nur drei Exemplare der WLM 1 gebaut. Die ursprünglich geplante Beschaffung von 12 Flugzeugen für die Schweizer Luftwaffe wurde nicht bewilligt. |
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From 1949 until at least 1952, prospective Swiss Air Force Vampire pilots completed eight landings on one of the two WLM 1 before their first jet flight to get used to them. |
Ab 1949 bis mindestens 1952 absolvierten angehende Vampire-Piloten der Schweizer Luftwaffe zur Umgewöhnung vor ihrem ersten Jet-Flug acht Landungen auf einer der beiden WLM 1. |
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