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Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug DFS Rhönsperber
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Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug DFS Rhönsperber

German single seat competition glider, 1937

Overview

The DFS Rhönsperber, otherwise known as the Schweyer Rhönsperber or Jacobs Rhönsperber was a single seat competition glider designed in Germany by Hans Jacobs and first flown in 1935. For several years it was regarded as the best German sailplane and about one hundred were built.

Specifications

Figures are compiled from public sources and may be approximate; they can vary by variant and configuration.

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