Scheibe Flugzeugbau was a manufacturer of sailplanes and motorgliders in Germany in the second half of the 20th century. Founded by
Egon Scheibe at the
Munich-Riem Airport to produce his
Bergfalke design in 1951,
[Gunston 1993, p.270] the company had produced over 2,000 aircraft by 1985.
[Taylor, J.W.R. (1985), p.740] After Egon Scheibe died in 1997, his sons-in-law took over the firm.
[Scheibe (ND)] By 2006, they were ready to relinquish control themselves due to their advanced age, but without a successor, the firm ceased operations.
Hartmut Sammet subsequently founded Scheibe Aircraft GmbH in
Heubach
Heubach is a town in the Ostalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located 10 km east of Schwäbisch Gmünd, and 13 km southwest of Aalen. The town finds itself at the edge of the Rems (river), Rems River Valley and a ...
, taking over maintenance of existing Scheibe aircraft and the manufacturing rights to the
Scheibe SF 25.
Products
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Scheibe Bergfalke
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Scheibe Spatz
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Scheibe Specht
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Scheibe Sperber
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Scheibe Zugvogel
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Scheibe SF-23 Sperling
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Scheibe SF-24 Motorspatz
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Scheibe SF-25 Falke
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Scheibe SF 26 Super Spatz
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Scheibe SF-27 Zugvogel V
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Scheibe SF-28 Tandem Falke
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Scheibe SF-29
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Scheibe SF-30 Club-Spatz
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Scheibe SFS-31
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Scheibe SF-32
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Scheibe SF-33
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Scheibe SF-34 Delphin
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Scheibe SF-35
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Scheibe SF-36
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Scheibe SF 40
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Scheibe SF 41
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External links
Scheibe Aircraft GmbH website(in German)
{{Scheibe aircraft
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany
Glider manufacturers