Scheibe Flugzeugbau Explained

Scheibe Flugzeugbau was a manufacturer of sailplanes and motorgliders in Germany in the second half of the 20th century. Founded by Egon Scheibe at the Munich-Riem Airport to produce his Bergfalke design in 1951,^{[1] [2]} the company had produced over 2,000 aircraft by 1985.^[3] After Egon Scheibe died in 1997, his sons-in-law took over the firm.^[4] By 2006, they were ready to relinquish control themselves due to their advanced age, but without a successor, the firm ceased operations.^[4] Hartmut Sammet subsequently founded Scheibe Aircraft GmbH in Heubach, taking over maintenance of existing Scheibe aircraft and the manufacturing rights to the Scheibe SF 25.^[4]

Products

• 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

1. Hardy 1982, p.79
2. Gunston 1993, p.270
3. Taylor, J.W.R. (1985), p.740
4. Scheibe (ND)

References

• Book: Zipper, Gerd . Falkenhorst, Die Geschichte der Scheibe-Flugzeuge . 1999 . Weishaupt-Verlag . Gnas, Austria . 176 . German .
• Book: Gunston, Bill . World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers . 1993 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis . 270 .
• Book: Hardy, Michael . Gliders and Sailplanes of the World . 1982 . Ian Allan . Shepperton . 79–80 .
• Web site: Unternehmen . Scheibe Aircraft GmbH . Scheibe Aircraft . Scheibe Aircraft GmbH . German . Company . 2010-02-07 .
• Book: Taylor, John W. R. . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86 . 1985 . Jane's Yearbooks . London . 528 .

External links

• Scheibe Aircraft GmbH website (in German)