Some days ago DG sent out their latest newsletter – a great way to keep in touch and inform customers and friends. Everybody has probably heard about Jim Payne’s and Dennis Tito’s record breaking flights from Argentina and Minden, NV. The US-Air Force is flying DG 1001 as well, others prefer the single seated DG…
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Volocopter – 18 electric engines lifting a new Aircraft Design
by Bill Elliott •
Looking for a Christmas present in the year 2016? Then mark your calendars to purchase something very special. After its maiden flight two weeks ago the volocopter, an interesting piece of German engineering will hit the market in three years. The pro-prototype had its first silent test flight in a sports arena in Stuttgart. The…
DG Flugzeugbau – More than just Gliding
by Bill Elliott •
“More than just gliding” – with this slogan DG Flugzeugbau introduces their work in a new brochure. The company, located in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe in Southwestern Germany, still works mainly on sailplane manufacturing. But using their knowledge in composite structures, new branches have developed over the past years and the company is now organized with…