In 1927, Hirth separated this part of the business, renaming it as Hirth Motoren GmbH, with the remainder becoming Mahle GmbH.
Schempp-Hirth, glider manufacturer based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
Wolf Hirth | Schempp-Hirth | Schempp-Hirth Nimbus | Pilot's view of a Schempp-Hirth Janus | John Joseph Hirth |
Prior to World War II, a collection of Chinese manuscripts and printed books made by him was in the Royal Library at Berlin, and another of porcelains of considerable historical importance in the Gotha Museum; most of the Hirth collection from the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin is now in Kraków.
Hirth established himself at Kabgayi and worked with the Rwandan seminarists there until his retirement in 1921.
He also broke Hans-Werner Grosse's free distance record, which had lasted over 30 years, on 9 January 2003 by a flight of 2,247.6 km in a Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4 DM at El Calafate in Argentina.
Martin Schempp (1905–1984), glider pilot and founder of Schempp-Hirth, a major manufacturer of gliders
:Later production variant with a 17 metre wingspan and a Limbach flat-four engine or can be retrofitted with a Rotax 914, hydraulically operated landing gear, double panel Schempp-Hirth type airbrakes on the upper wing surface.