DG Flugzeugbau

Last updated July 19, 2025

DG Flugzeugbau GmbH is a manufacturer of sailplanes and other composite parts based in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe, Germany.^[1]

History

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

No longer in production

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

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

1 2 "DG Flugzeugbau" . Retrieved 5 September 2017.
↑ "Volocopter Starts Serial Production". AVweb. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

External links

Official website

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[history-1] 1 2 "DG Flugzeugbau" . Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[2] "Volocopter Starts Serial Production". AVweb. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

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