Teichfuss LT.12 Biposto
The Teichfuss LT.12 Biposto () was an Italian tandem seat primary glider designed by Luigi Teichfuss and flown in 1933. Design and development Before World War II, most glider pilots made their first flights solo on low cost single seat aircraft like the Zögling, even though those starting to fly powered aircraft flew with an instructor in a dual control machine. Luigi Teichfuss saw the advantages of ab initio dual control training early in the 1930s and began the design of his LT.12 in 1932. It was intended to be simple and robust. The LT.12 was a braced high-wing monoplane, with a wing that was rectangular in plan out to very near the blunt tips where the chord reduced slightly. The wing was held high over the fuselage on two plywood covered pillars like a cut-away pedestal, forward and aft of the rear, underwing, open cockpit. The forward cockpit was ahead of the leading edge. Two parallel faired struts braced the wing on each side from about mid-span to the lower fuselage longerons. The fuselage was a deep sided, almost rectangular hexagonal, plywood skinned wooden structure which tapered to the tail. The LT.12's tailplane was mounted on top of the