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- 2. Wally Scott in ASW 12: W scottii ( talk ) 11:27, 24 February 2011 (UTC)· CC0
what is it?
The ASW 12, initially known as the AS 12, is a single-seat Sailplane of glass composite construction. The wing is shoulder mounted and it has a T-tail. It is essentially a developed production version of the Akaflieg Darmstadt D-36.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18.3 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1965
- number built
- 15
- role
- open-class sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co
- engines
- none (glider)
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 18.3 m
- height
- 1.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 430 kg
- top speed
- 200 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 Q1626226, Wikipedia: Schleicher ASW 12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.