The Scheibe Spatz (German: " Sparrow ") is a German glider with a mixed metal and wood construction that was built in 1952 until 1962. Later versions were known as the L-Spatz , the letter L standing for Leistung , which is German for "performance".
8-697: Scheibe Flugzeugbau built the Spatz A in 1952. Two years later in 1954 the first L-Spatz 55 was airborne. Three hundred L-Spatz 55s were built in Germany, 155 in France under the name Avialsa A.60 Fauconnet , and 16 in Italy as the Meteor MS-30 L Passero ; production was discontinued in 1962. It is a single-seater cantilever shoulder-winged sailplane with a cruising (max L/D) speed of 45 mph. It has an empty weight of 157 kg and
16-420: A maximum take-off weight of 269 kg. The single spar wing and tail were constructed using fabric-covered wood, whereas the fuselage consisted of steel tubing covered with fabric. The L-Spatz 55 has good climbing performance due to light construction. The glide angle is 29:1. The longest known cross-country flight was more than 600 km from Burg Feuerstein , Germany to France. Many gliding clubs operated
24-441: A non-retractable monowheel undercarriage and a tailskid. The fuselage was a welded steel structure covered in fabric and enclosed two seats in tandem. The wings had a single wooden spar and were covered in plywood. Subsequent versions introduced forward sweep to the wings, a more aerodynamic canopy, airbrakes, and a tailwheel in place of the tailskid. By 1982, Scheibe had built over 300 of these aircraft, and Stark Ibérica built
32-678: Is a German glider designed by Egon Scheibe as a post-World War II development of the Akaflieg München Mü13 produced before and during the war. The prototype flew on 5 August 1951 as the Akaflieg München Mü13E Bergfalke I and by the end of the year, Scheibe had established his own works at the Munich-Riem Airport to produce the type as the Bergfalke II . It was a mid-wing sailplane of conventional design with
40-493: The L-Spatz 55, well known for its easy handling, including easy recovery from a spin. Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde General characteristics Performance Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Scheibe Flugzeugbau Scheibe Flugzeugbau was a manufacturer of sailplanes and motorgliders in Germany in
48-1421: The World . Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 79–80. Scheibe Aircraft GmbH. "Unternehmen" [Company]. Scheibe Aircraft (in German). Scheibe Aircraft GmbH . Retrieved 2010-02-07 . Taylor, John W. R. (1985). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86 . London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 528. External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scheibe Flugzeugbau . Scheibe Aircraft GmbH website (in German) v t e Aircraft designed and built by Scheibe Unpowered Mu-131 Bergfalke Spatz Specht Sperber Zugvogel SF-26 SF-27 SF-30 Club Spatz SF-34 Powered SF-23 Sperling SF-24 Motorspatz SF-25 Falke SF-27M SF-28 Tandem-Falke SF-29 SF-32 SF-33 SF-35 SF-36 SF-40 Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scheibe_Flugzeugbau&oldid=1252952509 " Categories : Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany Scheibe aircraft Glider manufacturers Hidden categories: CS1 German-language sources (de) Commons category link from Wikidata Scheibe Bergfalke The Scheibe Bergfalke (German: "mountain hawk")
56-1271: The manufacturing rights to the Scheibe SF 25 . [REDACTED] A Scheibe Specht Products [ edit ] Scheibe Bergfalke Scheibe Spatz Scheibe Specht Scheibe Sperber Scheibe Zugvogel Scheibe SF-23 Sperling Scheibe SF-24 Motorspatz Scheibe SF-25 Falke Scheibe SF 26 Super Spatz Scheibe SF-27 Zugvogel V Scheibe SF-28 Tandem Falke Scheibe SF-29 Scheibe SF-30 Club-Spatz Scheibe SFS-31 Scheibe SF-32 Scheibe SF-33 Scheibe SF-34 Delphin Scheibe SF-35 Scheibe SF-36 Scheibe SF 40 Scheibe SF 41 Notes [ edit ] ^ Hardy 1982, p.79 ^ Gunston 1993, p.270 ^ Taylor, J.W.R. (1985), p.740 ^ Scheibe (ND) References [ edit ] Zipper, Gerd (1999). Falkenhorst, Die Geschichte der Scheibe-Flugzeuge (in German). Gnas, Austria: Weishaupt-Verlag. p. 176. Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers . Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 270. Hardy, Michael (1982). Gliders and Sailplanes of
64-581: The second half of the 20th century. Founded by Egon Scheibe at the Munich-Riem Airport to produce his Bergfalke design in 1951, the company had produced over 2,000 aircraft by 1985. After Egon Scheibe died in 1997, his sons-in-law took over the firm. 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 , taking over maintenance of existing Scheibe aircraft and
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