25 years ago in August 1973 the construction of the moulds for the standard class glider DG-100 started in Bruchsal Untergrombach.

To accomplish this project Gerhard Glaser, owner of a civil engineering business, and Diplom Ingenieur Wilhelm Dirks, who just had finished his studies at the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, founded the Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau GmbH company.

In 1977 the 15 m class sailplane DG-200 entered the market. In 1978 the DG-200 was up-dated with 17 m wing tip extensions. The DG-200/17 is one of the most sought after glider on the second hand market.

Up to end of August 1998, the 25th anniversary of DG aircraft, the following numbers have been produced:
839 in Untergrombach, 891 at Elan, altogether 1730 DG’s, of which 511 are self launchers.

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