HP-7

HP-7
Role	Glider
National origin	United States
Designer	Richard Schreder
First flight	1957
Introduction	1957
Status	sole example destroyed 1957
Primary user	Richard Schreder
Produced	1957
Number built	One

The Schreder HP-7 was an American glider, the first design of Richard Schreder and the first in the long line of Schreder HP sailplanes.

Schreder built the HP-7 (HP stands for "high performance") in 1957 as a competition sailplane. Only one was built.

The HP-7 was completed just in time to finish the Federal Aviation Administration-mandated test flying for amateur-built aircraft before the 1957 US National soaring competition started. Schreder entered the competition with the aircraft and placed well.

The aircraft was destroyed in an aerotowing incident right after the US Nationals. Schreder decided not to build another HP-7, but drawing from his short experience with the aircraft that summer, he went on to design and build the Schreder Airmate HP-8, completing it for the 1958 season.

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