Wolf Lemke (August 11, 1938- December 1, 2018) was a designer of gliders who worked for Rolladen Schneider[1] and after it was taken over in 2003, for DG Flugzeugbau GmbH.
He was one of the student members of the Akaflieg Darmstadt who designed the revolutionary D-36 "Circe" in the period 1962 to 1964.
This team also included Heiko Fries, Klaus Holighaus and Gerhard Waibel.
Walter Schneider almost killed himself in it when he took a winch launch with a disconnected elevator but he parachuted to safety.
Two LS 1 prototypes flew in the German Championships in 1968: Helmut Reichmann and Walter Schneider placed first and second out of 44 competitors in the Standard Class.