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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.
(Georges Abrial de Pega)
(Abric & Calas)
(Roger Adam)
(E.T.W. Addyman)
(Aerbul s.r.l. / Horacio Bulacio Campos)
(designer: Karel Dlouhy)
(Eugenio Aiello)
See: Schreder
(FFG Berlin / Akaflieg Berlin)
(Akademische Fliegergruppe T. H. Danzig)
(Akademischen Segelfliegergruppe Graz)
(J. Akerboom & J. Schmidt)
(Myahara Akira)
(Club Argentino de Planeadores Albatros)
(Alisport srl, Cremella, Italy)
(Aeronautical Engineering Society, New-York / E. Allen & E.P. Warner)
(Allied Aviation)
(Allstar PZL Glider Sp. z o.o.)
(Alpla-Werke / Alpla-Werken Alvin Lehner OHG)
(Alsema, Piet)
(Raúl Altinger & Theo Altinger)
(AmEagle Corporation)
(Oleg K. Antonov / Antonov Design Bureau(OKB))
(Ernest Archdeacon)
(Atelierele de Reparatii Material Volant-2 – Pipera)
(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)
(K.K. Arzeulov)
(Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota - Air Fleet Academy)
(Ateliers vosgiens d'industrie aéronautique)
(Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche – Francis Lombardi)
see:Farner
(Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche)
(British Aircraft Company)
(Al Backstrom)
(Marino Bagalini)
(James Noel Ball)
(John J. Bange)
(Abel Bardin)
(Ermanno Bazzocchi)
(Jim Bede)
(Jorge Berca)
(Bertin (glider constructor))
(Benny Birrlauf)
(Michal Blaicher)
(Pierre Bonnet)
See: Aeronautica Bonomi
(Jozef Borzecki)
(William Hawley Bowlus)
(Heinz Brditschka)
(Société anonyme des ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet)
(William G. Briegleb)
(Georges Briffaud)
(Avions Maurice Brochet / Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet)
(Christian Brondel)
See Schreder.
(Heinrich Bucher) see Farner
(G. Mungo Buxton)
see Farner
(Piana Canova)
(Società Italiana Caproni)
(Coopérative d'Approvisionnement et de Réparation de Matériel Aéronautique de Moulins)
(Robert Castello)
(Costruzioni Aeronautiche Taliedo)
(Société des avions Caudron)
(George Cayley)
(Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – School of Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais / Centro de Estudos Aeronáuticos da UFMG – Aeronautical Studies Centre UFMG)
(Consortium Europeén de Réalisation et de Ventes d'Avions (CERVA))
(Octave Chanute)
(Émile Chapeaux)
(Chase Aircraft Company)
(Chilton Aircraft Ltd.)
(Jaromír Chlup / Dílny PO MLL Olomouc)
(Boris Ivanovitch Chyeranovskii)
(Edgardo Ciani / SSVV – Sezioni Sperimentale di Volo a Vela Milano)
(Boris Cijan)
(Ministry of Civil Aviation (India) – Civil Aviation Department)
(T W K Clarke & Co.)
(Cloudcraft Glider Co / Roger S. Dickson)
(Aldo Corazza)
(1930: (George Wilbur) Cornelius Aircraft Co, Glendale CA, c.1935: Van Nuys CA, c.1940: Dayton OH. 1941: Cornelius-Hoepli Co.)
(Irvin Culver)
(Centro di Volo a Vela del Politecnico di Torino)
(Centro Studi ad Ezperienze per il Volo a Vela)
(Wacław Czerwinski)
(Cycloplane Co Ltd )
(Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa – ДАР Държавната аеропланна работилница)
(Darmstädter Flugsport-Vereinigung)
(Dart Aircraft Ltd)
(de Havilland Aircraft Co)
(Maurice Delanne)
(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug – German research institute for gliders)
(DG Flugzeugbau GmbH)
(HOAC AG / Wolf Hoffmann Flugzeugbau AG / Diamond Aircraft Industries)
(Flugzeugbau Heini Dittmar) (The Condor series were built by several manufacturers)
(Ursula Hänle)
(Duster Sailplane Kits / Ben Jansson and H. Einar Thor)
(Gian Luigi Della Torre)
(John William Dunne)
(Dunstable Sailplane co.)
(Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen)
(Entwicklungsgemeinschaft für Flugzeugbau)
(Escuela de Ingeniería Aeronáutica - school of aeronautical engineering)
See PIK.
(PPHU Ekolot, Krosno, Poland)
(École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et Aérotechnique {Société Scientifique de recherche et de Promotion du Planeur Léger})
(Elan Tovarna Sportnega Orodja N.SOL.O)
(Ludvík Elsnic)
(V. I. Emelyanov)
(Erla Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Leipzig - Franz Xaver Mehr)
(Gottlob Espenlaub)
(Flugtechnischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Staatlichen Akademie für Technik – Chemnitz)
(Flugtechnischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Staatlichen Akademie für Technik – Esslingen)
(Flugtechnischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Staatlichen Akademie für Technik – Stettin)
(FAR Musachevo)
(Henry Farman)
(Hans U. Farner / Aviafiber / Canard Aviation AG / Hans U. Farner & Heinrich Bucher / Bucher Leichtbau)
(Willy Farner)
(Demetrius F. Farrar Jr.)
(Néstor A. Fasola)
(Charles Fauvel)
(Flugtechnische FachGruppe an der Technischen Hochschule Hannover)
(Flight Dynamics Inc.)
(Fokker Flugzeug-Werke G.m.b.H)
(Avions Fournier SA / René Fournier / Société Alpavia)
(Frankfort Sailplane Company / Stanley Corcoran)
(Franklin Glider Corporation)
(Flugtechnische Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Fachhochschule Esslingen -Hochschule für Technik e.V.)
(Otto & Peter Funk)
(Flugwissenschaftliche Vereinigung Aachen)
(Flugtechnischen Verein Dresden – H. Muttray & R. Siefert)
See DG Flugzeugbau.
See Caproni Vizzola.
(Martin Schempp / Göppingen flight test centre)
(Gothaer Waggonfabrik)
(Groupe rouennais d'aviation légère)
(Greif Flugzeugbau Rendsburg)
(Vladislav K. Gribovsky)
(GROB-WERKE Burkhart Grob e.K.)
(Pavel Ignatyevich Grokhovskii)
(G.F. Groshev – USSR)
(Dr. Frank R. Gross)
(Helmut Grossklaus)
(Szczepan Grzeszczyk)
(Établissement Roche / Ateliers Roche Aviation)
(Bruno Gumpert)
(Grupo Volo a Vela Tommaso Dal Molin))
(Hagiwara Kakkuki Seisakusho - Hagiwara Glider Co.)
(Stan Hall)
(Friedrich Harth & Willy Messerschmitt)
(1922–25)
(Walter Haufe)
(Hawkridge Aircraft Ltd.)
(HB Aircraft Industries Luftfahrzeug AG)
(Augustus Moore Herring)
( W.T. Geoffrey Hill)
(Entwicklungsgemeinschaft Haase-Kenche-Schmetz - Ernst-Günter Haase, Heiz Kensche & Ferdinand B. Schmetz)
see:Diamond Aircraft
Obering. Hans Hollfelder
(Max Holste)
(Jan Hrbek)
(August Hug)
(Industria Aeronautică Română) see:ICA-Brasov
(Intreprinderea de Construcţii Aeronautice) c.f. URMV-3, ILL
(Intreprinderea Forestierǎ di Industrializare a Lemnului)
(Întreprinderea de industrie Locală- Ghimbav) c.f. URMV-3, ICA-Brasov
(Ikarus Prva srpska industrija aeroplana, automobila i strojeva)
(IMPA - Industrias Metalúrgicas y Plasticas Argentinas S.A. ),
(Instituto Argentino de Vuelo a Vela)
(Instituto de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento)
(Industria Paranaense de Estruturas)
(Instituto de Pesquisas Technologicas de Sao Paulo)
(Instytut Szybownictwa – gliding institute) – post WWII
(Iosif Şilimon - Romanian constructor / designer) See:- IIL and URMV-3
(A. C. T. Isaac)
(Ingenieur-Büro Strauber-Frommholf)
(Instytut Techniki Szybownictwa – gliding technical institute)- pre WWII
(Zoltán Janka)
(Bengt Jansson & Hank Thor)
(Jastreb Fabrika Aviona i Jedrilica – Jastreb Aeroplane and Glider Factory)
(Édouard Joly)
(Kazan Aviation Institute – Казанский авиационный институт)
(Rudolf Kaiser)
(Balys Karvelis)
(Witold Kasper)
(Hugh Kendall)
(Walter & Karl Kittelberger)
(Ing. Wilhelm Knechtel)
(Antoni Kocjan)
(D.N. Kolesnikov)
(Sergei P. Korolev)
(KB – Koser-Branko)
(Ladislav Koutný)
(M.A. Kouzakov)
(August Küpper)
(Antanas Kuzmickas)
(Hang gliders - Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France)
(Jean-René Lagasse)
( Jack W. Laister / Laister-Kauffmann)
(LAK – Lietuviška Aviacinė Konstrukcija / (some production by ESAG – Eksperimentine Sportines Aviacijos Gamykla)
(Hermann Landmann – Institut für Flugzeugkonstruktion der Technischen Hochschule Dresden)
(Paul Laubenthal)
(LETOV - Yugoslavia)
(Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia)
(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee)
(Otto Lilienthal)
(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner)
(Alexander Lippisch)
(Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1)
(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl)
(VEB Apparatebau Lommarzsch, Raubaaerstr. 4, Lommatzsch/Sa. (DDR))
(Ernst von Lössl)
(Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze – Lwów Aviation Workshops)
(Gregg MacPherson)
(Keniti Maeda)
(Moscow Aviation Institute)
(Adriano Mantelli)
(William L. Manuel)
(T.H. Marcho-Silesia / Akad. Fliegerschaft Marcho-Silesia)
(Domenico Farina / Marinavia Farina SRL)
(Jim Marske, Marion Ohio, United States)
(Jim Maupin)
(Zaklady Lotnicze Marganski & Myslowski Spolka z o.o. – Margański & Mysłowski Aviation Works) (MDM – Marganski, Dunowska, Makula)
(Franz Xaver Mehr)
(Michael-Lorenz Meier)
(Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt / Messerschmitt AG / Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW))
(Henri Mignet)
(Don Mitchell (aircraft designer))
See PIK
(John T. Monnett)
(John Joseph Montgomery)
(Angelo Mori, GVV Tommaso Dal Molin, Varese)
(Moswey Segelflugzeug-Werke) – (Georg & Heinrich Müller)
(Műegyetemi Sportrepülő Egyesület – BME Sportrepülő Association)
(Edwin Musger)
(Naval Aircraft Factory)
(Sociedade Constructora Aeronautica Neiva / Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva)
(Albert Neukom Segelflugzeugbau / Werner Pfenniger & Albert Markwalder)
(Nida Sklandymo Mokykloje – Nida Gliding School)
(Claude Noin)
(Northrop Corporation / Jack Northrop)
(Vladimir Novițchi - designer / CIL-Rehgin - manufacturer)
(Josef Oberlerchner Holzindustrie)
(R. Oberti)
(Vern Oldershaw)
(Országos Magyar Repülő Egyesület – Central Workshop of Hungarian Aeronautical Association)
(John Sellars & Operation Sigma Ltd)
(Bronius Oškinis)
(Vittorio Pajno)
(Antanas Paknys)
(Přemysl Pánek)
(Sfredo Paolini)
(Piana Canova, Flaminio)
(Piattelli, Fidia)
(Société Piermarcucci / Marcucci, Pier)
(Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho)
(Percy Sinclair Pilcher)
(Pipistrel d.o.o Ajdovščina)
(Warsaw Polytechnic)
(Polyteknisk Flyvegruppe – Polytechnic flying club)
(Avions Pottier)
See also Schreder
(Czech Republic)
(Irving Prue)
(Alfons Pützer KG)
(Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów)
(Fritz Raab)
(Sven Olof Ridder & Harald Unden – Radab)
(Gerhard Reinhard)
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
(Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH)
(Reginald Foster Dagnall / R.F.D. Co )
(Reichsluftfahrtministerium – Reich Ministry of Aviation) (Glider designations)
(Günther Rochelt)
(Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH / LS – Lemke-Schneider)
(Gianfranco Rotondi)
(Lajos Rotter)
(Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft)
(Ernő Rubik – father of the Rubiks Cube inventor)
(Jerzy Rudlicki)
(UL RuhmAir Leichtflugzeuge / Mannfred Ruhm)
(T. Claude Ryan and Son)
(Georges Sablier)
(Service de l'Aviation Légère et Sportive en Algérie)
(Mike Sandlin)
(Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH)
(Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co)
(Grunau Riesengebirge / Flugzeugbau Schneider / Edmund Schneider Grünau (ESG))
(Richard Schreder)
(Ferdinand Schulz)
Note: Schweizer glider designations are in the format n-nn. The first number denotes the number of seats and the second number is the model number)
(Scott Light Aircraft Ltd / W.R. Scott)
(Segelflugzeugwerke GmbH, Baden-Baden)
(Boris Nikolayevich Sheremetyev)
(Short Brothers)
(Mieczysław Siegel)
(Société Lorraine de Constructions Aéronautique)
(Slingsby Sailplanes/Slingsby Aviation)
(Solar Flight/Eric Scott Raymond)
(Ivo Šoštarić)
(Jakob Spalinger)
See: LAK
(Stemme GmbH & Co KG)
(Stralpes Aéro SARL)
(Hansjörg Streifeneder)
(Professor Alex Strojnik)
(Mignon V. Sukhanov / Sukhanova Novossibirsk)
(Gary Sunderland)
(Savezni Vazduhoplovni Centar)
(Technoflug Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH)
(Luigi Teichfuss)
(TeST sro (Division of Comp-Let sro), Velké Meziříĉi)
(Türk Hava Kurumu)
(Reg W. Todhunter)
()
(Ilare Fauto Toso & Baricelli Gaudencio Toso)
(Tsentral'nyy Aerodinamicheskiy i Gidrodinamicheskiy Institut- central aerodynamics and hydrodynamics institute)
(Pavel Vladimirovič Tsybin / OKB Tsybin)
( Alfredo turbay)
(Uzinele de Reparatii Material Volant-3 – Braşov) c.f. ILL and ICA-Brasov
(Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH / Valentin GmbH Geräte und Maschinebau)
(Pierre Vaysse)
(VFW-Fokker GmbH)
(Volmer S. Jensen, Burbank, California, USA)
( Vysokoškolského Sportu Brno)
(Vazduhoplovno Tehnicki Centar, Vrsac)
(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe – military glider workshops)
(Warsztaty Związek Awiatyczny Studentów Politechniki Lwowskiej – Aviation Association of Lwów Technical University's Students Workshops) – pre 1937 for post 1937 see L.W.L.
(Ets. Benjamin Wassmer / Wassmer Aviation SA)
(José Weiss)
(Weltensegler G.m.b.H)
(Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik)
(Eugene Whigham)
(Peter W. Wright)
(Wilbur & Orville Wright)
(Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops)
(Aleksander Yakovlev)
( Adolfo Yakstas)
(Yuneec International Ltd, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China)
(Ferenc Zsebõ - designer)
Data from:[37]
(X-Xianji – glider)
data from:-[59]
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