ex WL- (Luftwaffe), HB-482, D-8838, D-1660, display as "D-1680" on Fliegender Museum Augsburg 1973-1992, D-0031, damaged 20. September 2004, sold to Dansk Veteransvæveklub in 2007 and restored, test flown in Flensburg, Germany as D-0031 on 11. June 2011, entered the Danish register as OY-XWL in 2012

Became SE-STF

The Kranich (Crane) is a two-seater high-performance glider developed by Hans Jacobs at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) (German Research Facility for Gliding). It flew for the first time in 1935 and performed so well that it was produced in large numbers right until the end of WWII. This Kranich was built in 1943 and donated to the Deutsches Museum - Flugwerft Schleissheim, where it is now on display.

This aircraft was built in Apr-1943 by Mraz. Its original registration is unknown but it later became D-6260. It was acquired by the Deutsches Segelflugmuseum at Wasserkuppe where it was painted in a late 1930s scheme as D-8-11. To be historically correct it should carry a swastika on the fin but that is legally not allowed in Germany. The Kranich was designed by Hans Jacobs and around 2000 Kranich and Kranich II (the Kranich III is a different design) were built by several manufacturers in a number of countries, and also by gliding clubs.

Hahnweide has a very strong glider hertitage and so it wasn't surprising that the organisers chose a glider display, compare and contrasting older and more modern gliders, to open the flying display at the Oldtimer Fliegertreffen 2019. This glider was built in 1938 and was formerly HB-475.

This aircraft was built in Apr-1943 by Mraz. Its original registration is unknown but it later became D-6260. It was acquired by the Deutsches Segelflugmuseum at Wasserkuppe where it was painted in a late 1930s scheme as D-8-11. To be historically correct it should carry a swastika on the fin but that is legally not allowed in Germany. The Kranich was designed by Hans Jacobs and around 2000 Kranich and Kranich II (the Kranich III is a different design) were built by several manufacturers in a number of countries, and also by gliding clubs.

This old glider, owned by Werner Roth from Switzerland, was designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) and built by Kittelberger in Bregenz. It is ex Luftwaffe, coded LX-WJ, and it managed to somehow survive the war. It was restored in the late 1990s and is seen here at its home base as one of several historic gliders operated by the Fliegenden Museums Hahnweide. The registration HB-475 was cancelled on 15 June 2015, when it became D-4788.

This aircraft was built in Apr-1943 by Mraz. Its original registration is unknown but it later became D-6260. It was acquired by the Deutsches Segelflugmuseum at Wasserkuppe where it was painted in a late 1930s scheme as D-8-11. To be historically correct it should carry a swastika on the fin but that is legally not allowed in Germany. The Kranich was designed by Hans Jacobs and around 2000 Kranich and Kranich II (the Kranich III is a different design) were built by several manufacturers in a number of countries, and also by gliding clubs.

Seen at the Vintage Glider Club International Rally, the Kranich (Crane) first flew in 1935 and was built in huge numbers to train Luftwaffe pilots. Only a small number survive in airworthy condition making it a real treat to see this massive old aircraft in the air