Who is who

Jonker Sailplanes

South Africa

Jonker Sailplanes Pty Ltd. (JS) is a privately owned, South African company that designs, manufactures, and maintains sailplanes from their main facility based at the Potchefstroom Airfield.

Germany

In 2019 Jonker Sailplanes Pty Ltd. established the Jonker Sailplanes GmbH in Germany to expand its activities in Europe. The company is already performing European sales, purchases and other administration functions. All European sales are now made directly through JS GmbH and the customer.

Jonker Sailplanes’ Partners

M&D Flugzeugbau GmbH

M&D Flugzeugbau GmbH is JS’s main partners in Europe and performs crucial functions in terms of European certification. M&D is a full design organization and is the holder for JS’s type certificate in Europe. All JS gliders with an EASA type certificate are produced under M&D’s production approval. Furthermore all JS gliders arriving in Europe go through M&D’s final quality check procedure, preparing the gliders for hand-over and ensuring all the required paperwork is completed.

Ontrack Technologies

Ontrack Technologies is an official Aerospace Design Organisation supplying parts and design services to Jonker Sailplanes Pty. Ltd.