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.

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.)