The two-spar wing is braced with "V" struts and employs a U.S.A. 35A airfoil.

[1][2] In 1940 Haufe completed a nine-hour and fifty-minute flight over High Cliff near Neenah, Wisconsin flying the Dale Hawk 2.

[2][3] Once the United States entered the Second World War at the end of 1941, the aircraft was put in storage, where it suffered some damage.

It was purchased by C. M. Van Airsdale in 1954 and restored by him with the assistance of Hanselman, Harry Edwards and C. Vogt.

[2][3] Data from Sailplane Directory, Soaring and EAA[1][2][5]General characteristics Performance