Scheibe Flugzeugbau

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

^ Hardy 1982, p.79
^ Gunston 1993, p.270
^ Taylor, J.W.R. (1985), p.740
^ ^a ^b ^c Scheibe (ND)

References

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.