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    The RRG Fafnir, named after the legendary dragon, was a single seat German high performance glider designed by Alexander Lippisch. It won the Rhön competition...
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    from the Wasserkuppe to Darmstadt to become the DFS, so the new glider was sometimes known as the DFS Fafnir 2. It was Lippisch's last conventional glider...
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    The DFS 230 was a German transport glider operated by the Luftwaffe in World War II. It was developed in 1933 by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug...
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    The DFS 40 was a tailless research aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch as the Delta V in 1937. The DFS 40 was a more advanced design than the previous...
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    The DFS 194 was a rocket-powered aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Institute for...
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    The Schneider DFS 108-14 SG-38 Schulgleiter (School glider) is a German high-wing, cable-braced, single-seat primary glider that was designed by Schneider...
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    The DFS 228 was a rocket-powered, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS - "German Research...
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    The DFS Olympia Meise (German: "Olympic Titmouse") was a German sailplane designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) for Olympic competition...
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    The DFS Habicht (German: "Hawk") is an unlimited aerobatic sailplane that was designed in 1936 by Hans Jacobs with support provided by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt...
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    Lippisch Delta IV (redirect from DFS 39)
    were surmountable, and found an ally in Professor Walter Georgii of the DFS (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug – German Research Institute for...
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  • The DFS 346 (Samolyot 346) was a German rocket-powered swept-wing aircraft which began development during World War II in Germany. It was designed by...
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    The DFS Kranich is a type of German glider. It was developed by Hans Jacobs for the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). Series production...
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    engineer Alexander Lippisch and the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). Initially an experimental programme that drew upon traditional glider designs...
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  • gliders) DFS 38 Quo Vadis DFS 40 DFS 42 Kormoran DFS 54 DFS 194 DFS 203 DFS 230 DFS 230 V7 (a completely new design) DFS 230 F DFS 331 DFS B6, high-performance...
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    Institute for Sailplane Flight' / 'German Institute for Glider Research'), or DFS , was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany, under...
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    involving the DFS 230, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM/German Aviation Ministry) invited the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug/DFS and Gotha to...
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    Bowlus Senior Albatross DFS Habicht DFS Kranich DFS Reiher Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa Lawrence Tech IV "Yankee Doodle" Lippisch Fafnir Ross RS-1 Zanonia Schweyer...
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  • Akaflieg Darmstadt D31 Akaflieg München Mü10 Milan Blessing Kolibri-B DFS Fafnir II DFS Präsident FAG Chemnitz C 11 FAG Esslingen E 3 FV Aachen FVA 11 Eifel...
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    Zögling[citation needed] RRG-1 Zögling[citation needed] DFS Zögling 33[citation needed] DFS Zögling 1[citation needed] Lippisch Zögling[citation needed]...
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  • The DFS Model 6 was a target glider built by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug in 1936. It was intended for anti-aircraft training, but only prototypes...
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  • wooden canopy with small side openings, similar to that used on the German DFS Fafnir, but this was later replaced with a more conventional open arrangement...
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    The Schleicher Rhönbussard, otherwise known as the DFS Rhönbussard was intended as an intermediate glider trainer which could also fly competitively....
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  • The DFS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) was a German flying boat sailplane designed by Hans Jacobs of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). It was version...
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    The DFS Reiher (in English Heron) was a single seat competition glider designed in Germany by Hans Jacobs and first flown in 1937. The type won the last...
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    (German Institute for Sailplane Flight, DFS) and the Delta IVd and Delta V were designated as the DFS 39 and DFS 40 respectively. Lippisch thus saw five...
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    Wien Obs Fafnir Fafnir 2 Jacobs Hols der Teufel DM-1 Powered aircraft Storch V Delta IM Delta IV (DFS 39/Fieseler F3) Delta V (DFS 40) DFS 194 Me 163...
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    Edgar, Dittmar took an apprenticeship at the German Institute for Gliding (DFS). In 1932, flying his self-built glider Condor I, he won a first prize at...
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    The DFS Rhönsperber, otherwise known as the Schweyer Rhönsperber or Jacobs Rhönsperber (in English Rhön Sparrowhawk) was a single seat competition glider...
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    The DFS Weihe (English: Harrier) is a German single-seat, high-wing, 18 metre wingspan, high-performance glider that was designed by Hans Jacobs in 1937-38...
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    The DFS Sperber Junior (English: Hawk Junior) was a competition sailplane designed for Hanna Reitsch and built in Germany in 1936. The Sperber Junior...
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