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Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2
🇩🇪 Germany ·first flew 1994· 15 metre-class and 18 metre-class sailplane
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2cx FM: Martin Vielsmaier· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1994. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- Top speed is 2.2× 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
- 1994
- number built
- 627
- role
- 15 metre-class and 18 metre-class sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Schempp-Hirth
- engines
- none (glider)
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 1.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 525 kg
- top speed
- 285 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7887991, Wikipedia: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.