Midwest Utility Glider - MU-1

Built in April 1943 by Steinhauser Sailplane Company of Chicago Illinois, this ship was serial number 5 and was the first one of the series to be licensed with a full Standard Category Type Certificate.  Designed by Art Schultz in the 1930s with both the standard and long wing types, having been flight tested in 1939, the production versions were spearheaded and all engineering was performed by Randall Chapman, chief engineer for Laister-Kauffman Aircraft Corporation during WWII.  Construction was welded steel fuselage and tail and an all-wood wing.  Though built during the war, the glider was never used for military purposes, all owners having been civilians.  Its price when new was advertised as $1,275.  Restored and donated to the museum by Chad Wille.