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]

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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:

Current gliders in production

DG Flugzeugbau currently produces:

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References

  1. 1 2 "DG Flugzeugbau" . Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. "Volocopter Starts Serial Production". AVweb. Retrieved 18 April 2018.