The Dätwyler 1038 MDC Trailer was a 1960s Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 glider tug variant of the American

United States

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 Piper PA-18 Super Cub.

Development

Dätwyler

Dätwyler

MDC Max Dätwyler AG is a Swiss manufacturing company established at Dietlikon in 1943, and which relocated to Bleienbach in 1951. Originally, the firm undertook the manufacture and repair of tools and machinery...

 had experience converting a number of war-surplus Piper Cubs for the civilian market. He used this experience to create a single-seat glider tug variant, using the wings, tail unit and landing gear from the post-war Super Cub, mated to his newly designed fuselage. Powered by a Franklin flat six piston engine, it first flew in 1960. Only one was built.

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