The DFS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) was a German flying boat sailplane designed by Hans Jacobs[1] of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS).
It was version of the 1935 DFS Rhönadler, with a new fuselage and strongly gulled wings to keep them clear from spray.
[2] The aircraft was first flown in the summer of 1935, test piloted by Hanna Reitsch,[3] and towed by a Dornier Do 12.
[4] Data from Die deutschen Flugboote : Flugboote, Amphibien-Flugboote u. Projekte von 1909 bis zur Gegenwart,[5] Flugzeug-Typenbuch.
Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[6]General characteristics Performance