DG Flugzeugbau
# DG Flugzeugbau

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

## History

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.

## 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.)
