Skip Navigation or Skip to Content
Rhonlerche.jpg

Schleicher Ka-4 Rhönlerche

The Rhönlerche was designed as a cheap and simple two-seat training glider.

The Rhönlerche was widely used at gliding clubs throughout Europe from 1955 onwards.

This glider has an appropriate name. Rhönlerche is German for a lark from the Rhön mountains, the largest peak of which is Wasserkuppe. That mountain was home to one of the main gliding schools in West Germany.

This Rhönlerche was built in 1959. It was operated by the Royal Air Force Germany Gliding Association at RAF Gutersloh from 1977 for several years.

Date: 1959
Mark: II
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Passengers: 1
Top speed: 106 mph (170 km/h) 

Rhonlerche

Cockpit view

Inside the Rhonlerche

Next aircraft >

More civil aircraft

Back to top