The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3 is a glider built by Schempp-Hirth. The Nimbus-3 uses carbon-fibre extensively and has a new wing profile compared with the...
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The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 is a family of high-performance FAI Open Class gliders designed by Klaus Holighaus and manufactured by Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau...
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The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2 is an Open Class glider built by Schempp-Hirth during the 1970s. The Nimbus-2 first flew in April 1971 and a total of over 240...
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The Schempp-Hirth Mini Nimbus is a 15 Metre-class glider designed and built by Schempp-Hirth GmbH in the late 1970s. In designing the Mini-Nimbus, Klaus...
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The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-3 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth. It replaces the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2. It was announced at the...
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The Schempp-Hirth Arcus is a flapped Two Seater Class glider in production by Schempp-Hirth. It first flew 7 April 2009. It is offered in addition to...
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The Schempp-Hirth Janus is a high performance two-seat glider that was built by Schempp-Hirth GmbH. It was the first high-performance two-seater. The...
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The Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus is a high-performance two-seat glider primarily designed for fast cross-country flying, including gliding competitions. Often...
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manufacturer. It was designed by Klaus Holighaus and replaced the Schempp-Hirth Mini-Nimbus. Schempp-Hirth manufactured 613 Ventus sailplanes. The decline in the...
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Standard Austria Schempp-Hirth SHK Cirrus Standard Cirrus Discus Discus-2 Ventus Ventus-2 Ventus 3 Nimbus Nimbus-2 Nimbus-3 Nimbus-4 Mini-Nimbus Janus Duo Discus...
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The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1994. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus. The Ventus-2a...
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The Schempp-Hirth Cirrus is an Open Class glider built by Schempp-Hirth between 1967 and 1971 and by VTC until 1977. It was replaced by the Nimbus 2. The...
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The Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 is a Standard Class sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1998. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Discus....
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The Schempp-Hirth Discus is a Standard Class glider designed by Schempp-Hirth. It was produced in Germany between 1984 and 1995 but has continued in production...
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The Schempp-Hirth Quintus is a single-seat 23 metre Open-Class glider built by Schempp-Hirth The Quintus and the Lange Antares 23E were developed in a...
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The Schempp-Hirth SHK Open Class glider was developed in Germany by Schempp-Hirth. It was based on the 1964 version of the Standard Austria, known as...
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from Chapelco Airport at San Martín de los Andes (Argentina) in a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4 DM on 21 January 2003 with his co-pilot Karl Rabeder. On 9 January...
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record of 49 h 45 min. A Goevier was used to develop the now ubiquitous Schempp-Hirth airbrake with its parallel ruler action. During World War II the Goevier...
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The Schempp-Hirth HS-3 Nimbus was a prototype glider built by Klaus Holighaus. The HS-3 Nimbus was a high performance single-seater. Holighaus designed...
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Glaser-Dirks DG-500M Rolladen-Schneider LS9 - prototype Schempp-Hirth Janus Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 Schleicher ASH 25 Data from EASA Type Certificate Type:...
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List of civil aircraft (section Schempp-Hirth)
sailplane Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 single-seat competition sailplane Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 competition self-launching sailplane Schempp-Hirth Mini-Nimbus competition...
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The Standard Cirrus is a Standard-class glider built in Germany by Schempp-Hirth. The Standard Cirrus was produced between 1969 and 1985, when the Discus...
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flying Schempp-Hirth aircraft (Schempp-Hirth Arcus, Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2, Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4) while stationed at Bitterwasser airfield in Namibia...
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July 2010. individual results: Johan Gustafsson (Sweden), glider: Pilatus B-4 Michael Spitzer (Germany), glider: MDM-1 Fox Jochen Reuter (Germany), glider:...
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Bruno Gantenbrink, Germany; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 15-metre Class Winner: Steve Jones, UK; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a Standard Class Winner:...
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Sunday Morning Star, Wilmington, DE. August 2, 1931. Retrieved September 4, 2013. "FAI Record ID #9288". Archived from the original on April 29, 2014...
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Typhoon (trainer) G-2 - Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2 G-2B - Ventus 2B G-4 - Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 G-4D - Nimbus-4D G-4DM - Nimbus-4DM G-17 - LAK-17 UG-17A...
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perlanproject.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2018. "FAI Record File (john-trevor-egginton)". FAI. 10 October 2017...
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Holger Karow, Germany; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 18-metre Class Winner: Wolfgang Janowitsch, Austria; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 15-metre Class Winner:...
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List of gliders (S) (section Schempp-Hirth)
Nimbus Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 2 Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3 Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3D Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3DM Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3DT Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4...
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