Gene Jarvis: Akaflieg Vampyr Airplane

Artist: Gene Jarvis
1921 - 1990
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 9.5 by 9 inches
Overall Size: 12.75 by 12.5 inches
Medium: Pen and Ink on Hot Press Illustration Board

Gliding has been an important influence in German aviation development. The first gliders were based on Lilienthal's gliding devices and produced in the early 1920s, at a time when powered flight in Germany was still forbidden under terms imposed after the war had been lost. The Vampyr (1921) was the first glider to stay aloft for several hours. Its design principles set the standard for the next decades. A new developmental phase began at the end of the 1950s with the fs 24 Phönix built by the Stuttgart Academic Flying Group and the introduction of fibre reinforced plastics in combination with laminar wing sections in glider construction.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® GeFirst Day Cover for Germany, 1979.

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