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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.

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AAS[]

(Ateliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes)

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  • AB Flygplan Se-102
  • AB Flygplan Se-103

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( U. Abate)

  • Abate GP-1

Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes Ltd[]

Abramov[]

  • 17m span
  • 13.5m span

Abrial[]

(Georges Abrial de Pega)

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(Abric & Calas)

ACBA[]

(Aéro Club du Bas Armagnac)

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(Aéro Club du Mulhouse)

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(Aero-Club Suisse)

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(Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises)

  • - Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises

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(Ronald Hamilton Adair, Clifford Gurr and H. Zechner)

Adam[]

(Roger Adam)

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(E.T.W. Addyman)

ADI[]

(Aircraft Designs Inc / Martin Hollman / Winther-Hollman Aircraft Inc.)

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(Boris Adaridi)

Ader[]

(Clement Ader)

Adorján[]

Advanced Aeromarine[]

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AEA[]

(Aerial Experimental Association)

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(Hermann Aecherli & Willy Farner)

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(Aeronautica Rio)

  • AER M-100S Pegaso

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  • AER Pegaso M 100S

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(Aerbul s.r.l. / Horacio Bulacio Campos)

Aériane[]

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  • Aero Industries Technical Institute G-2
  • Aero Industries Technical Institute TG-31

Aero Vodochody[]

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(Aeronaútica del Jaén SA)

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(Also known as Aeros)

Aeromere[]

  • Aeromere M-100S
  • Aeromere M-100

Aeromot[]

Aeronca[]

  • Aeronca C.2 glider
  • Aeronca TG-5

Aeros[]

see:

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(Aérostructure SARL)

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Aerotechnik[]

(designer: Karel Dlouhy)

  • Aerotechnik L-13 SDL Vivat
  • Aerotechnik L-13 SL Vivat
  • Aerotechnik L-13 SW Vivat
  • Aerotechnik L-13 SE Vivat
  • Aerotechnik L-13SDM Vivat
  • [6]

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(AeroXpert, Hennopsmeer / Peter Cellier & François Jordaan)

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(AGA Aviation)

  • AGA Aviation LRG – USN amphibious twin hull transport glider

Agusta[]

(Giovanni Agusta)

Ahrens[]

(Ahrens Aircraft Corporation)

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(Eugenio Aiello)

AII[]

(Aviation Industries of Iran)

Aircraft Cooperative Mechta[]

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  • Air Est Goeland
  • Air Est JCD 03 Pelican

Airdisco[]

(Aircraft Disposal Company)

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See: Schreder

Airspeed Ltd[]

  • Airspeed Tern
  • Airspeed AS.51 Horsa
  • Airspeed AS.52
  • Airspeed AS.53 Horsa
  • Airspeed AS.58 Horsa II

AISA[]

(Émile Dewoitine / Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)

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Akaflieg Berlin[]

(FFG Berlin / Akaflieg Berlin)

  • Akaflieg Berlin B 1 "Charlotte"
  • "Teufelchen"
  • "Charlotte II"
  • Akaflieg Berlin B 5
  • Akaflieg Berlin B 6
  • Akaflieg Berlin B 8
  • Akaflieg Berlin B 12
  • Akaflieg Berlin B 13

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(Akademische Fliegergruppe T. H. Danzig)

Akaflieg Darmstadt[]

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  • Akaflieg Dresden D-B1 Sehaufchen
  • Akaflieg Dresden D-B2 Doris

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(Akademischen Segelfliegergruppe Graz)

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(for Hannoverische Waggonfabrik gliders see:Hannover)

  • ( constructed by students)
  • [8]
  • Akaflieg Hannover AFH-24[6]
  • Akaflieg Hannover Moritz
  • – built by Hannoversche Waggonfabrik A.G., Hannover
  • Akaflieg Hannover Strolch – Karl Bremer

Akaflieg Karlsruhe[]

  • – built by SGK (Segelflieger Gruppe Karlsruhe)
  • Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-1 Mischl self-launching sailplane
  • [8]
  • [6]
  • Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-8
  • Akaflieg Karlsruhe DG-1000J Turbine

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  • Akaflieg Stuttgart F.1 Fledermaus
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs16 Wipperstertz (Heide)
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs17
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs18a
  • [9]
  • [Project] Spring 1939, powered FS-17 devel.[9]
  • [Project] 1952 completion of revised FS-19[9]
  • [Project] 2-seat glider, trapezoidal wing, span 18 m[9]
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs23 Hidalgo
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs24 Phönix
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs25 Cuervo
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs26 Moseppl
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs29 TF
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs31
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs32 Aguila[6]
  • Akaflieg Stuttgart fs33 Gavilán
  • [9]
  • [9]
  • [9]
  • [9]
  • (FVA 4)[9]
  • (FVA Fox)[9]
  • 1926 'Roter Rand' = 'Red Edge', training glider, span 14 m'[9]
  • 1928 primary training glider, span 13 m, supervised by E Bachem & A Protzen[9]

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(Myahara Akira)

  • (日本式鳳2型)
  • (日本式かげろう型)

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(J. Akerboom & J. Schmidt / Nijs & Van Driel)

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(Pentti Alanne)

Albastar Ltd[]

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(Club Argentino de Planeadores Albatros / Alberto Rosmarin, Vito Antonio Ernesto Vignera & Jorge Ubaldo Pallich )

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(Albini, Cella, Facciolo, Moltrasio)

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(Juan-Pablo Aldasoro-Suárez & Eduardo Aldasoro-Suárez - Real del Monte, Estado de Hidalgo, México)

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(Albert W. Mooney / Alexander Aircraft Co, Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA)

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  • 1910

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(A. Alfieri)

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Alisport[]

(Alisport srl, Cremella, Italy)

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(Aeronautical Engineering Society, New-York / E. Allen & E.P. Warner)

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(Josef Allgeier)

Allied[]

(Allied Aviation)

  • Allied Aviation LRA
  • Allied Aviation LR2A

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  • Allievo Milano
  • Allievo Roma

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(Allstar PZL Glider Sp. z o.o.)

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(Alpla-Werke / Alpla-Werken Alvin Lehner OHG)

  • Alpla AVo 60 Samburo
  • Alpla AVo 68 Samburo a.k.a. M&D A Vo 68 Samburo

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(Piet Alsema)

  • Alsema Sagitta

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(Raúl Altinger & Theo Altinger)

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(AMA - Andrzej Anczutin, Henryk Malinowski & Rościsław Aleksandrowicz / Université Technique de Varsovie & Ateliers de Construction aéronautique d'Antoni Kocjan)

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(AmEagle Corporation, aka* AmEagle American Eaglet)

American Falcon[]

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(AMF Microlight)

AMS Flight[]

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(L. Lergier & Blaser / E. Amstutz, H. Belart & H. von Travel, Bern)

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( Pytor Almurzin, Nikitin & Bogatov)

  • ANB-M
  • ANB-I

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(A.J. Andersson / Augsburger V.L.)

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(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

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(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

ANEC[]

(W. S. SHACKLETON / Air Navigation and Engineering Company)

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(N.D. Anotchenko a.k.a. Anoschenko ND Macaque)

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(José María Ansaldo)

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(Antoni brothers)

Antonov[]

(Oleg K. Antonov / Antonov Design Bureau(OKB))

  • Antonov Standard-1 (Стандарт-1)
  • Antonov Standard-2 (Стандарт-2)
  • Antonov U-s1 (У-с1) – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")
  • Antonov U-s2 (У-с2) – first version built in series – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")
  • Antonov U-s3 (У-с3) – 1,600 built – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")
  • Antonov U-s4 (У-с4), redesignated A-1 – major production version – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")(3000 built)
  • Antonov U-s5 (У-с5)
  • Antonov U-s6 (У-с6)
  • Antonov P-s1 (П-с1) – Paritel' (Паритель – "Sailplane")aka Upar (Упар, portmanteau of uchebnyi paritel' – учебный паритель – "training sailplane")
  • Antonov P-s2 (П-с2) – Paritel' (Паритель – "Sailplane")aka Upar (Упар, portmanteau of uchebnyi paritel' – учебный паритель – "training sailplane") – licence built as the THK-4 in Turkey
  • Antonov B-s3 (Б-с3) – Buksirovochnye (Буксировочные – "Towed")
  • Antonov B-s4 (Б-с4) – Buksirovochnye (Буксировочные – "Towed")
  • Antonov B-s5 (Б-с5) – Buksirovochnye (Буксировочные – "Towed")
  • (red front)
  • Antonov RF-8 Rot Front
  • Antonov A-1
  • Antonov A-2
  • Antonov A-7 aka RF-8
  • Antonov A-9
  • Antonov A-10 version of A-9
  • Antonov A-11
  • Antonov A-13
  • Antonov A-15
  • Antonov A-40 a.k.a. KT – Krylya Tanka – Flying Tank
  • [13]
  • ("Dove")
  • (City of Lenin)
  • (PS-1 training glider)
  • (PS-2 training glider)
  • ("Stalin's six conditions")
  • ("Dognat i peregnat") ("Catch up and overtake")
  • (RF-1 experimental glider) (1933)
  • (RF-2 experimental glider) (1933)
  • (RF-3 experimental glider) (1933)
  • (RF-4 experimental glider) (1933)
  • (apparently based on OKA-14) (1933)
  • RF-5 experimental glider (1934)
  • M-3 experimental glider (1934)
  • RF-6 experimental glider
  • M-4 experimental glider
  • M-5 experimental glider (1936)
  • Antonov OKA-31 BS-5 training glider (1936)
  • US-5 training glider (1936)
  • (LEM-2 motor glider)
  • [14]
  • experimental glider

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Applebay Sailplanes[]

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(Agence Rethéloise d'Aviation)

Archdeacon[]

(Ernest Archdeacon)

Armstrong-Whitworth[]

  • Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.52G

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(Atelierele de Reparatii Material Volant-2 – Pipera)

  • – Traian Costǎchescu
  • – Ovidiu Popa
  • – Octavian Giuncu & Ovidiu Popa

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(Norman Armytage)

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(All Reinforced Plastic Mouldings / Leuvense university Aero Club)

Arsenal[]

(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)

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(Arup Inc (fdr: Cloyd L Snyder), 231 Lincoln Way, South Bend IN.)

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(K.K. Arzeulov)

ASC[]

(Advanced Soaring Concepts / Jensen Tor)

  • ASC Falcon
  • ASC Spirit
  • [16]
  • ASC Apex

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(R. J. Ashfield)

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(Ugo Abate & Giovanni Pirelli / ASUP / Fratelli Visco, Somma Lombardo)

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(Marceau Aubiet)

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(Robert J. Auburn)

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(Henry August)

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(Aurora Training Sailplane Project)

Auseklis[]

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(Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota - Air Fleet Academy)

  • – АВФ-4 Рабфаковец
  • – АВФ-5 Мастяжарт-2
  • – АВФ-7 Стрекоэа-печатница
  • – АВФ-8 Кондор
  • – АВФ-10
  • – АВФ-11 Комсомолец
  • – АВФ-12 КИМ
  • – АВФ-13 бис
  • – АВФ-13 Ларионыч
  • 1924 URSS Planeur
  • – АВФ-16 ЭАП
  • – АВФ-17 Одна ночъ
  • – АВФ-18 Пионер
  • – Бураго АВФ-19

Avia[]

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(Ateliers vosgiens d'industrie aéronautique)

  • (XIA ?)
  • (XVA ?)
  • AVIA 41P

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(Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche – Francis Lombardi)

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(Aviad Francesco Di Martino)

Aviafiber[]

see:Farner

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  • Avialsa 60 Fauconnet

Aviamilano[]

(Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche)

Aviastroitel[]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: SchifferPublishing Limited. ISBN 0 7643 0752 5.
  3. ^ Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. pp. 37-42. ISBN 978-0312289270.
  4. ^ "AC-21 Powered Sailplane". aeros.com.ua. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Aeronaves de la Aviación Naval Argentina a lo largo de su historia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lambert, Mark; Munson, Kenneth; Taylor, Michael J.H., eds. (1991). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1991-92 (82nd ed.). Coulson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710609656.
  7. ^ Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. ISBN 381120484X.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1983). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1982-83. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7106-0748-5.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Akademische Fliegergruppe Stuttgart e.V. 1926 - 1976. 50 Jahre Akaflieg Stuttgart, (in German) (1st ed.). Stuttgart: Akademische Fliegergruppe Stuttgart e.V. (Hrsg.). 1976.
  10. ^ Rizzi, Roberto. "El "Superalbatros" - Recuerdos y nostalgias". volaravela.com.ar (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  11. ^ "sssssssssst-ein Chevron fliegt vorbei" (PDF). Flieger Magazin (in German) (89 001): 78–81. January 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. ^ Rumers, Noël. "AMF Chevvron 2-32C". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Antonov E-153". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). 3 August 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  14. ^ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  15. ^ John W.R. Taylor, ed. (1988). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.
  16. ^ Holswilder, Alex (1997). "Sailplane Directory". Netherlands. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  17. ^ Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-8168-6500-0. LCCN 63-17621.
  18. ^ "The A.V.I.A. LM.02 Dive-bombing Glider - A REAL WAR WINNER [sic]". italianaircraftofwwii.devhub.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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