3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DG-100G: Tobi217 at German Wikipedia· CC BY 2.5
- 2. DG100: Livno1950· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. GLASER-DIRKS 100G: No machine-readable author provided. Stahlkocher assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Glaser-Dirks DG-100 is the first sailplane manufactured by Glaser-Dirks. It is a standard class glider designed by Wilhelm Dirks in 1974 and developed from the Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1974-05-10
- number built
- 327
- role
- club class (formerly standard class) sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- DG Flugzeugbau
- engines
- none (glider)
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 1.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 418 kg
- top speed
- 260 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q442463, Wikipedia: Glaser-Dirks DG-100 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.