3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000S D-2371 Mikulovice: carsten karge· CC BY 4.0
- 2. DG-1000 AERO Friedrichshafen 2025-0611: New York-air· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. DG-1000 AERO Friedrichshafen 2025-0613: New York-air· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000 is a two-seater class glider built by DG Flugzeugbau. It first flew in July 2000 at Speyer in Germany. There are four models, with 18- and 20-metre wings of HQK-51 profile.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 18 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2000-07-27
- number built
- 185
- role
- two-seater class sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- DG Flugzeugbau
- engines
- 1× piston
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 18 m
- height
- 1.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 750 kg
- top speed
- 270 km/h
- cruise speed
- 111 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q489299, Wikipedia: DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.