Schneider ES-65

The cockpit has a two-piece fixed screen extending almost to the nose and is accessed via a rear hinged, bulged canopy.

The pod includes a fixed, faired, centre-line two wheel undercarriage, with a brake-equipped mainwheel under the wings and a smaller nosewheel.

These surfaces are straight-edged and tapering, the fin is tall with a rudder that extends to the bottom of the fuselage.

The high aspect ratio horizontal tail surface is mounted midway up the fin.

[1] The prototype, VH-GFA, is owned by a syndicate of members of the Geelong Gliding Club[2] and of the Victorian Motorless Flight Group[3] based at Bacchus Marsh airfield, Victoria.