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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List of gliders (D) (section DFS)
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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Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (category DFS aircraft)
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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Schleicher Rhönbussard (redirect from DFS Rhönbussard)
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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