what is it?
The Albastar Apis WR is a single seater sailplane of Slovenian manufacture, the first aircraft created entirely by this manufacturer, Albastar Ltd. An Ultralight Class glider, it has set five world records in this class. Often confused with the very similar Wezel Apis 2, the two designs are not related.
How to recognise it: no engine, long thin wings · 13.3 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 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2000
- number built
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- role
- ultralight-class sailplane
- origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- makers
- Pipistrel
- engines
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- length
- 6.4 m
- wingspan
- 13.3 m
- height
- 1.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 300 kg
- top speed
- 220 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1625916, Wikipedia: Albastar Apis (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.