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    The Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus is a high-performance two-seat glider primarily designed for fast cross-country flying, including gliding competitions. Often...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Discus is a Standard Class glider designed by Schempp-Hirth. It was produced in Germany between 1984 and 1995 but has continued in production...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 is a Standard Class sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1998. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Discus. In...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Arcus is a flapped Two Seater Class glider in production by Schempp-Hirth. It first flew 7 April 2009. It is offered in addition to...
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  • Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH is a glider manufacturer based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany. Martin Schempp founded his own company in Göppingen in...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1994. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus. The Ventus-2a...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Ventus is a sailplane produced during 1980–1994 by Schempp-Hirth, a German sailplane manufacturer. It was designed by Klaus Holighaus...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Janus is a high performance two-seat glider that was built by Schempp-Hirth GmbH. It was the first high-performance two-seater. The...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Cirrus is an Open Class glider built by Schempp-Hirth between 1967 and 1971 and by VTC until 1977. It was replaced by the Nimbus 2....
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  • military. It has two variants: TG-15A: high performance two seat glider, Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus TG-15B: Standard Class glider, the Schempp-Hirth Discus-2...
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    glider built in Germany by Schempp-Hirth. The Standard Cirrus was produced between 1969 and 1985, when it was replaced by the Discus. Over 800 examples were...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Mini Nimbus is a 15 Metre-class glider designed and built by Schempp-Hirth GmbH in the late 1970s. In designing the Mini-Nimbus, Klaus...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Quintus is a single-seat 23 metre Open-Class glider built by Schempp-Hirth The Quintus and the Lange Antares 23E were developed in a...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 is a family of high-performance FAI Open Class gliders designed by Klaus Holighaus and manufactured by Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-3 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth. It replaces the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2. It was announced at the...
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    The Schempp-Hirth SHK Open Class glider was developed in Germany by Schempp-Hirth. It was based on the 1964 version of the Standard Austria, known as...
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    with the winglets entirely.[citation needed] The Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 and Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus use non-planar wingtips. Tamarack Aerospace Group...
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    with this system. Schempp-Hirth Ventus 3 and its predecessor Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2 Schempp-Hirth Discus 2 Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2 is an Open Class glider built by Schempp-Hirth during the 1970s. The Nimbus-2 first flew in April 1971 and a total of over...
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    The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3 is a glider built by Schempp-Hirth. The Nimbus-3 uses carbon-fibre extensively and has a new wing profile compared with the...
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    and built in Austria from 1959 but production was moved in 1962 to Schempp-Hirth in Germany. Commissioned by the Österreichischer Aeroclub – (Austrian...
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    record of 49 h 45 min. A Goevier was used to develop the now ubiquitous Schempp-Hirth airbrake with its parallel ruler action. During World War II the Goevier...
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    sailplanes in favor of the newer high-performance gliders, the Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus and Discus 2b, designated the TG-15A (tandem two-seater) and TG-15B...
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  • sailplane Schempp-Hirth Discus competition sailplane Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 competition sailplane Schempp-Hirth Ventus competition sailplane Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2...
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    a fleet of gliders (Schleicher ASK 13, two Schleicher ASK 21, Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus, Slingsby T.21, SZD-51 Junior, Centrair Pegase, Schleicher ASW...
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    77 lb/sq ft) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus Related lists List of gliders First flight of the DG-500M was in...
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    single-seat sailplane produced in Germany. It was designed by Martin Schempp and Wolf Hirth and was produced the year after their first glider, the Göppingen...
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    LS8-18 Scheibe SF25 Falke Schempp-Hirth Discus Schempp-Hirth Discus-2cT Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus Schempp-Hirth Janus CT Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cT Schleicher...
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    to have survived in museums. One is still operational in Germany at Schempp-Hirth GmbH. On June 30, 2018, Tilo Holighaus made a 74 km cross country flight...
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  • SZD 50-3 Puchacz. A Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus XL is used for cross-country training. Single seat gliders include a Schempp-Hirth Discus-2, three SZD 51-1...
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