title: DG Flugzeugbau
text: # 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.
  
  ## Aircraft
  
  ### 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.)
  