Schneider ESG 31 Schlesierland

The outer panels taper strongly with sweep on both edges, ending in elliptical tips; the broad ailerons, which occupy about half the span and, at their inboard ends, about half the chord, are also tapered though less strongly than the wing.

[1] All the Schlesierland variants had a ply covered fuselage; most were hexagonal in cross-section, though that of the 1931 ESG 31B had a rounded, streamlined form.

The wing pedestal slowly deceases in height rearwards above the fuselage, ending about halfway to the tail.

There is a small, partly faired sprung tailskid immediately ahead of the rudder hinge line.

The Stanavo was sponsored by the German division of Standard Oil, possibly for their European representative, Jack O'Meara.

[1] On 12 August 1933, piloted by Edmund Sparmann, it made the first glider crossing of the Öresund whilst flying the 25 km (16 mi) between Copenhagen and Malmö.