The Bölkow Phoebus is a glass fibre composite competition sailplane, designed and produced in Germany in the 1960s.

The Phoebus was designed at a time when glider manufacturers were moving away from all-wood aircraft towards composite structures.

Bölkow had been among the early leaders of this change with their Phönix T sailplane in the late 1950s, which used balsa/glassfibre sandwich construction.

The first aircraft, the Phoebus A, was designed to Standard Class rules, with a span of 15 m. Its straight tapered wings have an aspect ratio of 17.1; airbrakes are fitted at 70% chord.

The fin and rudder are straight edged and only slightly tapered, with a high aspect ratio all moving T tail.