DG Flugzeugbau
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DG Flugzeugbau GmbH is a manufacturer of sailplanes and other composite parts based in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe, Germany.[1]
History
[edit]The business was founded in 1973 by Gerhard Glaser and Wilhelm Dirks as Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau GmbH.[1]
In 2018 the company received an order to build "a large number" of the Volocopter 2X design under contract to Volocopter.[2]
Aircraft
[edit]No longer in production
[edit]The Glaser-Dirks company produced the following gliders:
- DG-100 (Standard Class)
- DG-200 (15 metre Class)
- DG-300 (Standard Class)
- DG-400 (Self-launching motor glider)
- DG-500 (Two seater)
- DG-600 (15 metre and 18 meter Class)
- DG-808C (15 metre and 18 metre)
- LS10 (15 metre and 18 metre Class)
Current gliders in production
[edit]DG Flugzeugbau currently produces:
- DG-1001 (Two seater)
- Rolladen-Schneider LS8c-neo, (Standard Class with optional wing-tips to increase the span to 18 metres.)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "DG Flugzeugbau". Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Volocopter Starts Serial Production". AVweb. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
External links
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