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((Short description|Single-seat German glider, 1952))
((More citations needed|date=May 2007))
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The '''Scheibe ''Spatz''''' (German: "[[Old World sparrow|Sparrow]]") is a German glider with a mixed metal and wood construction that was built in 1952 until 1962. Later versions were known as the '''L-Spatz''', the letter L standing for ''Leistung'', which is German for "performance".

[[Scheibe Flugzeugbau]] built the Spatz A in 1952. Two years later in 1954 the first L-Spatz 55 was airborne.  Three hundred L-Spatz 55s were built in Germany, 155 in France under the name '''Avialsa A.60 Fauconnet''', and 16 in Italy as the '''Meteor MS-30 L Passero'''; production was discontinued in 1962.

It is a single-seater cantilever shoulder-winged sailplane with a cruising (max L/D) speed of 45&nbsp;mph. It has an empty weight of 157&nbsp;kg and a maximum take-off weight of 269&nbsp;kg. The single spar wing and tail were constructed using fabric-covered wood, whereas the fuselage consisted of steel tubing covered with fabric.

The L-Spatz 55 has good climbing performance due to light construction. The glide angle is 29:1. The longest known cross-country flight was more than 600&nbsp;km from [[Feuerstein Castle|Burg Feuerstein]], Germany to France.

Many gliding clubs operated the L-Spatz 55, well known for its easy handling, including easy recovery from a spin.
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==Variants==
;Spatz A
:Certified in 1952 with a 13.20 metre wingspan, 6.19 m length.
;Spatz B
:Strengthened and improved variant with a 13.20 metre wingspan, 6.19 m length, certified in 1952.
;Spatz 55
:Certified in 1952 with a 13.20 metre wingspan, 6.25 m length.
;L-Spatz
:Certified in 1954 with a 15.00 metre wingspan, 6.05 m length.
;L-Spatz 55
:Certified in 1954 with a 15.00 metre wingspan,  6.25 m length.
;L-Spatz III
:Certified in 1966 with a 15.00 metre wingspan, 6.25 m length.
[[File:Avialsa-A60-01.jpg|thumb|right|French Avialsa A60 on [[Bellegarde-sur-Valserine]] (France) field]]
;Avialsa 60 Fauconnet
:Licence production in [[France]].
;Meteor MS-30 L-Passero
:Licence production in [[Italy]].
;Electravia Electro Light 2
:[[Electric aircraft]] version powered by an electric drive system, with a nose-mounted propeller.<ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 166. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ((ISSN|1368-485X))</ref>

==Aircraft on display==
*[[Museum für Luftfahrt und Technik]]
*[[National Soaring Museum]]<ref name="NSMCollection">((cite web|url = http://www.soaringmuseum.org/collection.html|title = Sailplanes in Our Collection|accessdate = 28 July 2011|last = National Soaring Museum|author-link = National Soaring Museum|year = 2011|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516142717/http://www.soaringmuseum.org/collection.html|archivedate = 16 May 2011))</ref>
* [[Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej GRYF|Museum of Military Technique GRYF]] in Dąbrówka near Wejherowo (Poland)

==Specifications (L-Spatz 55)==
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==See also==
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*[[Schleicher K 8]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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*((cite book|last=Shenstone|first=B.S.|title=The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde|year=1958|publisher=Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue|location=Zurich|pages=68–72|edition=1st|author2=K.G. Wilkinson |language=English, French, German))
((refend))

==External links==
((commons category|Scheibe Spatz))
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020503070540/http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=217 L-Spatz on sailplanedirectory.com]

((Scheibe aircraft))

[[Category:1950s German sailplanes]]
[[Category:Glider aircraft]]
[[Category:Scheibe aircraft|Spatz]]
[[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]]
[[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1952]]

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