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ASK 21 — Alexander Schleicher ASK 21

Alexander Schleicher ASK 21
GLID
Photo via Wikipedia: Schleicher ASK 21
Year
Owner
Alexander Schleicher
Last seen
MTOW
700 kg
Range
300 nm
Seats
2
ASK 21hover
Alexander Schleicher · ASK 21
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
679
Active
96
Origin
DE
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
AS21
AS21
700 kg300 nm75 kt2
GLID
GLID
Same family

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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS G47EU · 2 · issued 2019-07-03

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS G47EU), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

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Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Alexander Schleicher ASK 21market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

34 yearsmedian age

Of the 189 registered Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 with a known build year (28% of the 679 we track), the median age is 34 years.

Registration activity

3changed registration in 12 months

3 of the 679 registered Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (0% of the fleet), across 3 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
3
Tracked flights
3
Tracked flight hours
8
Share of fleet flying
0%

3 Alexander Schleicher ASK 21 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (0% of the registered fleet), across 3 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.