Rolladen-Schneider was a major glider manufacturer. The company originally made rolling doors and shutters and was run by Willi and Walter Schneider based in

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near

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. Walter was a keen

glider pilot Glider or Gliders may refer to: Aircraft and transport Aircraft * Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight ** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport ...

and recruited a sailplane designer Wolf Lemke. The company built its first glider in 1967. The company produced the following gliders: * LS1 (Standard Class) * LSD Ornith (two seater prototype) * LS2 (15 metre Class, though before the present classes existed) * LS3 (15 metre Class) * LS4 (Standard Class) * LS5 (23 metre prototype only) * LS6 (15 metre Class with optional tips to give 17.5 metres or 18 metre spans) * LS7 (Standard Class) * LS8 (Standard Class with optional tips to give 18 metre span) * LS9 (18 metre self launching glider - 10 built) * LS10 (15 metre Class and 18 metres Class) * LS11 (Two Seater Class) - prototype in development by

Akaflieg Akaflieg is an abbreviation for ''Akademische Fliegergruppe'', groups of aeronautical engineering students from individual German universities of technology and Technische Hochschulen, pre and postwar, who design aircraft, often gliders. Histor ...

Köln

Receivership

Because of difficult economic times, the company went into

receivership In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver – a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights" – especia ...

in 2001. In 2003

DG Flugzeugbau GmbH 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 ...

took over the assets of the company including the LS brand name and designs. The LS8 and LS10 were produced by DG. The LS4, LS6 and LS11 are currently scheduled for production in Slovenia by

AMS Flight AMS Flight is a manufacturer of gliders, motorgliders and ultralight aircraft. It is based in Begunje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia. History In 1978 the first DG-100 license-built for the ELAN company (ELAN Flight), a single-seat sailplane, was b ...

External links

DG Flugzeugbau company website
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