sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message dg1000t two seater with auxiliary engine extended dg flugzeugbau gmbh is a manufacturer of sailplanes and other composite parts based in bruchsal near karlsruhe germany . the business was founded in 1973 by gerhard glaser and wilhelm dirks as glaser dirks flugzeugbau gmbh . the glaser dirks company produced the following gliders dg 100 standard class dg 200 15 metre class dg 300 standard class dg 400 self launching motor glider dg 500 two seater dg 600 15 metre and 18 meter class contents 1 history 2 gliders in production 3 ownership 4 external links history edit in 1978 an alliance was made with the elan company of slovenia to increase production capacity . the cooperation ended in 2006 . in 2000 dg flugzeugbau built a new factory and moved to the bruchsal airfield . in 2003 dg took over the assets of rolladen schneider including the ls brand name and designs . in 2009 the company proposed a highly controversial annual charge to the owners of aircraft that had been built by the bankrupt predecessor companies . this charge is said to be for the documentation that is needed to maintain the airworthiness of aircraft that dg flugzeugbau had never built themselves . in 2010 the company officially expanded the production program to articles other than sailplanes . since then a wide range of composite articles as well as engineering activities are offered . gliders in production edit dg flugzeugbau currently produces dg 808 15 metre and 18 metre dg 1000 two seater rolladen schneider ls8 standard class with optional wing tips to increase the span to 18 metres . ls10 15 metre and 18 metre class ownership edit the glaser dirks company ran into financial trouble in 1996 because the engine planned for the dg 800b was no longer available and no replacement could be found . the assets of the bankrupt company were bought by friedel weber and his wife eva marie weber . they founded the new company dg flugzeugbau gmbh . dirks stayed on as chief designer until 2012 and was succeeded by jelmer wassenaar . friedel weber as well as holger back are managing the company . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to dg flugzeugbau . dg flugzeugbau company website v t e aircraft produced by glaser dirks flugzeugbau later dg flugzeugbau dg 100 dg 200 dg 300 dg 400 dg 500 dg 600 dg 800 dg 1000 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dg flugzeugbau & oldid 697161075 categories aircraft manufacturers of germanycompanies based in baden w rttembergcompanies established in 1973german brandshidden categories articles lacking sources from december 2015all articles lacking sourcescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran aisportugu ssloven inasvenska edit links this page was last modified on 28 december 2015 at 17 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view