List of Australian gliders

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This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available)[1] Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.

Australian miscellaneous constructors[]

  • – Kenneth Edwin Andrews
  • – Norman Armytage
  • – Wilfred Brookes
  • – Vincent Brown & STC-GC (Sydney Technical College Gliding Club)
  • – John Buchanan
  • – DeGrandi, Howard V.
  • – DeGrandi, Howard V.
  • – Dehn, Karl
  • – Free Flight Aviation Pty. Ltd.
  • – Shackleton, William Stancliffe – GCSA (Gliding Club of South Australia) & BRADLEY, Harold
  • – Halloran, Clyde & Wedd, William G.
  • – Handcock, William Arthur
  • - John Louis Hinkler (Bert)
  • – Iggulden, William Palmer & Iggulden, Jack
  • Lessing glider - Lessing, Kurt [2][3]
  • – Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club (Victoria, Australia)
  • – Marsch, J. C.
  • – Marsch, J. C.
  • Moyes Tempest – Bob Bailey, produced by Moyes Microlights
  • – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • – Pratt, Percival Justin
  • – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
  • – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
  • – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
  • – Geoff Richardson
  • Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra two-seat training glider
  • Schneider ES-54 Gnome
  • Schneider ES-56 Nymph
  • Schneider ES-57 Kingfisher
  • Schneider ES-59 Arrow
  • Schneider ES-60 Boomerang and ES-60B Super Arrow
  • Schneider ES-65 Platypus two-seats, side-by-side
  • – (Sydney University Trainer 1) – Sydney University Gliding Club
  • – (Sydney University Trainer 2) – Sydney University Gliding Club
  • - Sylvander, Victor B. (1913); A 27-foot wingspan Chanute-type biplane glider[4]
  • – Taylor, Lewis & Moore, Ted
  • – Thomas, R. R.
  • – Warner, Martin
  • – Warner, Martin & Campbell, Allan J.
  • – Warner, Martin
  • – Wikner, Geoffrey Neville
  • – Wikner, Geoffrey Neville
  • – Wishart, Alfred William

Notes[]

  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ "j2mcL Planeurs - Lessing". j2mcL Planeurs. Retrieved 10 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "The Museum's Latest Acquisition - The Lessing Glider" (PDF). Australian Gliding Museum Newsletter. Issue 7: 3–4, 7.
  4. ^ Craddock, David A. (1989). Wood, Wire and Calico: A Chronology of Australian Designed Gliders, Sailplanes and Human-Powered Aircraft (PDF) (2nd ed.). Fast Books. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0731683005.

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