Private company
German glider manufacturer, founded 1973
DG Flugzeugbau GmbH is a manufacturer of sailplanes and other composite parts based in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe, Germany.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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DG Flugzeugbau GmbH is a manufacturer of sailplanes and other composite parts based in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe, Germany.2
The business was founded in 1973 by Gerhard Glaser and Wilhelm Dirks as Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau GmbH.
In 2018 the company received an order to build "a large number" of the Volocopter 2X design under contract to Volocopter.
From Wikipedia’s article on DG Flugzeugbau, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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)
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.)
From Wikipedia’s article on DG Flugzeugbau, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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