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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 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-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 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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    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 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 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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  • 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 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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    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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    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 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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  • April 1983, Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3 Distance over a triangular course: 1,362.68 kilometres (846.73 mi), 2 May 1986, Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3 Free distance...
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  • automobile Schempp-Hirth HS-3 Nimbus, a family of high-performance, open-class sailplanes Mitchell Nimbus, a series of American gliders Short Nimbus, a British...
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  • Marek Szufa (Poland) glider: Kobuz 3 team winners: Polish People's Republic: Jerzy Makula (Kobuz 3), Marek Szufa (Kobuz 3), Marian Bednorz Federal Republic...
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  • competition sailplane Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2 competition sailplane Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 single-seat competition sailplane Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 competition...
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    and the aircraft has returned to service. On 4 September 2012, a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 glider, G-EENN, piloted by a 49-year-old off-duty air traffic controller...
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    The Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa is a single-seat sailplane produced in Germany. It was designed by Martin Schempp and Wolf Hirth and was produced the year after...
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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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  • December 18. January 1 – LearAvia Lear Fan N626BL February 21 - Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 February 26 – Aerotec Tangará February 28 – Valentin Taifun D-KONO...
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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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  • 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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    Rolladen-Schneider LS3 and ASW 20. Therefore, the Mosquito (and the Schempp-Hirth Mini-Nimbus that shares the same wing) did not do well in top-level competition...
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  • kilometres (75 mi) west of Bundaberg in Queensland. In 1982, he flew a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 around a 100 kilometres (62 mi) triangular course from Tocumwal...
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    design was compromised, however, with the arrival in 1981 of the Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3 and the Schleicher ASW 22, both of which outclassed the predicted...
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