Silent Family

{{Short description|German aircraft manufacturer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

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| type = Privately held company

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| location_city = Westerrade

| location_country = Germany

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| key_people = Helmut Grossklaus

| industry = Aerospace

| products = Ultralight trikes

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Silent Family is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Westerrade and owned by Helmut Grossklaus. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight trikes.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 58, Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485XBayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 221. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X

The company's first product, the Silent Glider M is described as "very original" by Bertrand et al. It takes a rigid wing hang glider and adds a pod fuselage, with a bubble canopy to transform the aircraft into an enclosed cockpit, retractable landing gear-equipped ultralight motor glider.

The Silent Racer is a similar concept, but an open-cockpit, powered podded fuselage that uses a conventional flexible hang glider wing.