what is it?
The Scheibe SF 26 Super Spatz is a German sailplane that was designed by Egon Scheibe in the 1960s.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Top speed is 1.5× 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
- 1961
- number built
- 60
- role
- sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Scheibe Flugzeugbau
- engines
- none (glider)
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- max take-off weight
- 310 kg
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q59263149, Wikipedia: Scheibe SF-26 Super Spatz (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.