Development
The Cirrus was designed by Dipl. Ing Klaus Holighaus and was the first glass-fibre glider to be built by Schempp-Hirth. The prototype flew in 1967 with a V-tail like the Austria. It won the German Open Class in 1967.
By 1971 107 had been built in Germany. Production was transferred to Vazduhoplovno Tehnicki Centar (VTC) at Vršac in Yugoslavia, who built an additional 63.
Haro Wodl won the 1968 World Gliding Championships in the open class with a Cirrus.
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