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Duo Discus — Schempp-hirth Duo Discus

Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus
GLID
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Year
Owner
Schempp-hirth
Last seen
MTOW
700 kg
Range
110 nm
Seats
2
Duo Discushover
Schempp-hirth · Duo Discus
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
152
Active
43
Origin
DE
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
DUOD
DUOD
700 kg110 nm2
GLID
GLID
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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS G85EU · 1 · issued 2008-04-11

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS G85EU), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

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Safety & ops history

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Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Schempp-Hirth Duo Discusmarket & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

25 yearsmedian age

Of the 85 registered Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus with a known build year (56% of the 152 we track), the median age is 25 years.

Registration activity

2changed registration in 12 months

2 of the 152 registered Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus we track changed registration in the last 12 months (1% of the fleet), across 2 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
1
Tracked flights
4
Tracked flight hours
3
Share of fleet flying
1%

1 Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus were tracked flying in the last 90 days (1% of the registered fleet), across 4 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.