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While the overall silhouette and wings are fairly typicaly, the nearly 2 dimensional fuselage is unusual, though very simple and rigid. Similar to a single building ceiling truss. After the 1918 Armistice, Germany was forbidden from maintaining an air force. Gliding, however, remained legal and became an important method of pilot training. Several glider designs emerged, but one of the most common was the Schneider SG38, an improved development of earlier Zögling gliders featuring refinements such as shock absorbers. Many future Luftwaffe pilots received their first flying experience through bungee launches in the SG38.
u/DingleBerrieIcecream — 8 days ago