1930's
1931 VJ-7
Hang Glider
Volmer would have been 22 years old in 1931.
Photo courtesy of Volmer's family
1933 VJ-8
Enclosed glider
Picture exists in Soaring, Volume 49, 1985
1937, Volmer relocated to Glendale, California, a hub for aviation innovation.
There, Volmer joined Hawley Bowlus Co., a renowned aircraft builder.
Bowlus built the "Spirit of St. Louis"
and provided the design for Airstream Trailers.
Hawley Bowlus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Bowlus
Photo: Hawley Bowlus
1937 at Hawley Bowes Glendale CA
Also at Bowlus in 1937, an aeronautical engeneer named Irv Culver was working on designs including the Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross, a high-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, pod-and-boom glider that was designed by Hawley Bowlus and introduced in 1938
1939 Martin M-1 Gullwing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_M-1
Jim Martin contracted Jensen to design and build him a single-seat glider for contest flying just before the Second World War. Volmer Jensen completed the aircraft in 1939
1939 VJ-10 Military Training Glider
1939 VJ-10
High-performance two-place, side-by-side sailplane.
A single prototype, intended to be a military training glider, and purchased by the military for the assault glider training program as the TG-29 [42-65553] (while at Bowlus)
Photo: The civilian VJ-10
Western Flyer Magazine July 1941
Memorial Weekend Meet
Southern California Soaring Association
VJ-10 Specifications: span: 55’, 16.76 m length: 23’3”, 7.09 m max. speed: probably
This aircraft was impressed on 11 June 1942 as TG-29 with serial 42-65553.
The TG-29 was previously identified as ‘28375’ but it has not been possible to find the registration of this aircraft in US civil register listings that are still available.
had been owned by Temer Johnson.