{"id":41511,"date":"2018-12-17T08:08:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T07:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alexander-schleicher.de\/?p=41511"},"modified":"2018-12-17T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T07:10:16","slug":"the-as-design-teamintroduces-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexander-schleicher.de\/en\/the-as-design-teamintroduces-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"The AS Design Team Introduces Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the new <strong>AS\u00a033<\/strong> Alexander Schleicher breaks with the decades long tradition of including the designer\u2019s name in a new aircraft\u2019s model designation. This shows even more emphatically that new developments from the Schleicher design division are products of teamwork.\u00a0At the same time the depth of development expertise within Schleicher is significantly increased through the use of new technologies such as, for example, modern CFD software.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After the recent, well-deserved retirement of <strong>Dipl.-Ing. Martin Heide<\/strong>, the last \u201cnamed\u201d designer, we would now like to introduce our current design team. It is led by three highly qualified aerospace engineers, supported by other extremely experienced collaborators.<\/p>\n<p>This means that the <strong>Alexander Schleicher Segelflugzeugbau<\/strong> design team is ideally constituted and equipped to deal with future design challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Joschka Schmeisl<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leader of Design and Production<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the AS design team since 2003<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005ba8;\"><em>\u201eTo shape the creation of an aircraft from the initial concept all the way to marketing, to coordinate the whole process and then to actually fly it myself, is one of the most rewarding activities I can imagine.\u201c<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Paul Anklam<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dipl.-Ing. Aerospace, Technical University Dresden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the AS design team since 2013<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005ba8;\"><em>\u201eTo be able to create a product such as a sailplane, to which one also has an emotional tie as a personal hobby, from the first draft all the way to series production is tremendously instructive and motivating.\u201c<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Ulrich Simon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>M. Sc. Aerospace, University of Stuttgart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the AS design team since 2017<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005ba8;\"><em>\u201eIt is a lot of fun and at the same time a big challenge to re-develop the aerodynamics of modern sailplanes, based on proven designs, using the latest computational methods.\u201c<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Tobias M\u00f6rsel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>M. Sc. Aerospace, Technical University Berlin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the AS design team since 2018<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005ba8;\"><em>\u201eTo go to the limits of the possible or even to advance them with every new development in the many disciplines involved in the construction of aircraft has a special appeal for me. Meeting these challenges and creating top quality products with such a team brings me a lot of enjoyment.\u201c<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Manfred M\u00fcnch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the AS design team since 1981<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005ba8;\"><em>\u201eIt is an exciting and fulfilling task to be able to contribute and collaborate in the development and construction of sailplanes, beginning with Rudolf Kaiser right up to today\u2019s young engineers. The combination of craftsmanship with high-tech in sailplane design and construction is unique and makes this task especially appealing.\u201c <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Andreas Storch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the AS design team since 2010<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005ba8;\"><em>\u201e<\/em><em>The complete sailplane development process, up to series construction and type support is a very complex and interesting activity. Especially inspiring is to finally see your own designs as components in each and every aircraft.\u201c<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Photo: Peter Schleicher<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; With the new AS\u00a033 Alexander Schleicher breaks with the decades long tradition of including the designer\u2019s name in a new aircraft\u2019s model designation. 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