SCHEMPP-HIRTH Flugzeugbau GmbH: Ventus 3E Wins First Place at the 2026 Innovation Award at AERO

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- Ventus E
- Arcus
  - Performance benchmarks in the Two-Seater Class have been re-defined by the Arcus. Whether clubs are aiming to achieve OLC top positions or privat pilots plan record flights, competition results or interesting safari flights - the Arcus provides the ideal means to put these ideas into practice. The joint flight experience will double your pleasure and success. New step is even achieved with the updated design of the Arcus "20", available in pure (S), Retriever (T) or Self-launch (M) types.
- Ventus
  - Look forward to a flight experience like you have never felt before. Effortlessly call on incredible performance. Honest, direct feedback provides you with a reassuring sense of reliability. Combine this with unrivalled agility and become one with the glider to uncover hidden potential. Ventus is available in pure version (S), Retriever with 2-strokes engine (T), Retriever and Adventure expander electro-engine (FES), and Self-launch 2-strokes engine (M with updated Neo version).
- Discus
  - Discus-2c
    - This 18m glider combines agile and harmless flight characteristics with gliding performance reserved to open class gliders only a few years ago. Thanks to the perfect control balance and the harmonic gliding characteristics, you'll feel comfortable and relaxed the first moment you'll fly a Discus-2c. The glider of choice for routined competition pilots, the outstanding everyday glider for ambitious performance pilots or the demanded single-seater in a gliding club.
  - Discus-2cFES
    - The Front Electric Sustainer (FES) electrical engine now also provides the Discus-2c with an environment-friendly, silent and intuitive to use insurance agains unwanted outlandings. Starting immediately and almost impossible to operate wrongly, this system - in combination with the Discus-2c's perfect control balance and well-known harmonic flight characteristics - provides the ideal solution for both ambitious competitive pilots and day-to-day usage in a gliding club.
  - Discus-2cT
    - The combination of the versatility of using a Discus-2cT and the easy usage of its engine make it the ideal piece of sports equipment for competitions or ambitious cross-country flights, the perfect companion for soaring safaris - or simply the robust favorite glider of any gliding club.
- Duo Discus
  - Duo Discus XL
    - Easy to fly, comfortable, handy, agile - with outstanding performance: The Duo-Discus XL is the perfect device for enjoying flights together, whether in syndicates, in the family or in daily gliding club operation.
  - Duo Discus XLT
    - The Duo-Discus XL is the perfect device for enjoying flights together, whether in syndicates, in the family or in daily gliding club operation. And with its proven Turbo sustainer system, outlandings become a story of the past.
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04/28/2026

Thank you very much to all Aerokurier readers for this wonderful award.

We are delighted to have won the Innovation Award for our Ventus 3E and to see that it has been so well received by many gliding enthusiasts.
This inspires us to continue making our customers’ wishes a reality in the future.

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