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Göppingen Gö 3
German Reich ·first flew 1935· glider
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Minimoa: Kogo· GFDL
- 2. Göppingen Gö-3 Minimoa: Wo st 01 (There are 682 Pictures in my Category ) See also Toolserver· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
what is it?
The Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa is a single-seat sailplane produced in Germany. It was designed by Martin Schempp and Wolf Hirth and was produced the year after their first glider, the Göppingen Gö 1. It first flew in 1935.
How to recognise it: gull wing · 17 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Wingspan of 17 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935
- number built
- 110
- role
- glider
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Schempp-Hirth
- engines
- none (glider)
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 17 m
- max take-off weight
- 350 kg
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
- wings
- gull wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1538502, Wikipedia: Göppingen Gö 3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.