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K 7 — Alexander Schleicher K 7

Alexander Schleicher K 7
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Year
Owner
Alexander Schleicher
Last seen
MTOW
6,000 kg
Range
1,900 nm
Seats
12
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Alexander Schleicher · K 7
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
57
Active
32
Origin
DE
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
C550
C550
6,000 kg1,900 nm384 kt12
GLID
GLID
ZZZZ
ZZZZ
481 kg1
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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS 7G3 · 3 · issued 1961-02-17

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS 7G3), 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 K 7market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Alexander Schleicher K 7 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

65 yearsmedian age

Of the 48 registered Alexander Schleicher K 7 with a known build year (84% of the 57 we track), the median age is 65 years.

Registration activity

1changed registration in 12 months

1 of the 57 registered Alexander Schleicher K 7 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (2% of the fleet), across 1 registration event. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
2
Tracked flights
71
Tracked flight hours
185
Share of fleet flying
4%

2 Alexander Schleicher K 7 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (4% of the registered fleet), across 71 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.