Avia 41-P
The Avia 41-P was a high performance French glider. Eric Nessler set many new national gliding records in one between 1934 and 1938.
The Lippisch Wien, a German glider first flown in 1929, was the first aircraft to undertake cross-country flights using “blue sky” thermals rather than ridge lift or the thermals associated with cumulonimbus cloud. Most of the exploratory flights of the Wien were piloted by Robert Kronfield,[1] who in 1931 brought it to the French competition held at the coastal site of Vauville. The French were impressed by the Wien and the Ateliers Vosgiens d’Industrie Aéronautique (Avia) company, founded in 1930, set about designing a similar high performance glider.
Country: France
First flight: 7 December 1932
Crew: One
Length: 7.425 m (24 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 18.75 m (61 ft 6 in)
Aspect ratio: 19.4
Max speed: 70 km/h
Empty weight: 165 kg (364 lb)
