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]
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- 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
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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 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.
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- Scheibe Aircraft GmbH website (in German)