List of gliders

This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world.

Contents


A

AB Flygindustri

AB Flygplan

Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes Ltd

Abramov

Abrial

(Georges Abrial de Pega)

Adam

(Roger Adam)

Addyman

(E.T.W. Addyman)

Advanced Soaring Concepts

Aeronca

Aero Vodochody

Aerola

Aeromot

Aiello

(Eugenio Aiello)

Aircraft Cooperative Mechta

Air Energy

Air Est Services

Airspeed Ltd

Akaflieg Berlin

Akaflieg Braunschweig

Akaflieg Danzig

(Akademische Fliegergruppe T. H. Danzig)

Akaflieg Darmstadt

Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München

Akaflieg Dresden

Akaflieg Graz

(Akademischen Segelfliegergruppe Graz)

Akaflieg Hannover

Akaflieg Karlsruhe

Akaflieg Köln

Akaflieg München

Akaflieg Stuttgart

Akaflieg Wien

Akerboom-Schmidt T-10

(J. Akerboom & J. Schmidt)

Akira

(Myahara Akira)

Albastar Ltd

Albatros

(Club Argentino de Planeadores Albatros)

Alisport

Allen

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

Allied

(Allied Aviation)

Allstar

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

Alpla

(Alpla-Werke)

Altinger

(Raúl Altinger)

Altinger

(Theo Altinger)

AmEagle

(AmEagle Corporation)

AMS Flight

Antonov

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

Applebay

Archdeacon

(Ernest Archdeacon)

ARMV-2

(Atelierele de Reparatii Material Volant-2 - Pipera)

Arsenal

(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)

Arzeulov

(K.K. Arzeulov)

AVF

(Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev)

AVIA

(Ateliers vosgiens d'industrie aéronautique)

=== A.V.I.A. (Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche - Francis Lombardi)

Aviamilano

(Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche)

Aviastroitel

B

BAC

(British Aircraft Company)

Backstrom

(Al Backstrom)

Bagalini

(Marino Bagalini)

Ball

(James Noel Ball)

Bange

(John J. Bange)

Bardin

(Abel Bardin)

Beatty-Johl

Bede

(Jim Bede)

Bertin

(Bertin (glider constructor))

Binder Motorenbau GmbH

Birrlauf

(Benny Birrlauf)

Blaicher

(Michal Blaicher)

Blohm & Voss

Bölkow

Bonnet

(Pierre Bonnet)

Bonomi

(Vittorio Bonomi & Camillo Silva)

Borzecki

(Jozef Borzecki)

Bowlus-du Pont

(William Hawley Bowlus)

Brditschka

(Heinz Brditschka)

Bréguet

(Société anonyme des ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet)

Briegleb

(William G. Briegleb)

Briffaud

(Georges Briffaud)

Brochet

(Maurice Brochet)

Brondel

(Christian Brondel)

Bryan Aircraft Company

See Schreder.

Buxton

(G. Mungo Buxton)

C

CAD

(Indian Civil Air Department)

Caproni

(Societa Italiana Caproni)

Caproni Vizzola

CARMAM

(Coopérative d'Approvisionnement et de Réparation de Matériel Aéronautique de Moulins)

Castel

(Robert Castello)

Castel-Mauboussin

CAT

(Costruzioni Aeronautiche Taliedo)

Caudron

(Société des avions Caudron)

Cayley

(George Cayley)

CEA

(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)

Centrair

CERVA

(Consortium Europeén de Réalisation et de Ventes d'Avions (CERVA))

Chanute

(Octave Chanute)

Chapeaux

(Émile Chapeaux)

Chase

(Chase Aircraft Company)

Chlupa

(J. Chlupa)

Chyeranovskii

(Boris Ivanovitch Chyeranovskii)

Ciani

(Edgardo Ciani / SSVV - Sezioni Sperimentale di Volo a Vela Milano)

Clarke

(T W K Clarke & Co.)

Cloudcraft

(Cloudcraft Glider Co / Roger S. Dickson)

Corazzo

(Aldo Corazza)

Cornelius

(1930: (George Wilbur) Cornelius Aircraft Co, Glendale CA, c.1935: Van Nuys CA, c.1940: Dayton OH. 1941: Cornelius-Hoepli Co.)

Culver

(Irvin Culver)

CVT

(Centro di Volo a Vela del Politecnico di Torino)

CVV

(Centro Studi ad Ezperienze per il Volo a Vela)

Czerwinski

(Wacław Czerwinski)

D

Dagnall

(Reginald Foster Dagnall / R.F.D. Co)

DAR

(Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa - ДАР Държавната аеропланна работилница)

Darmstadt

(Darmstädter Flugsport-Vereinigung)

Dart

(Dart Aircraft Ltd)

de Havilland Australia

(de Havilland Aircraft Co)

Debreyer

(Jean-Claude Debreyer)

Delanne

(Maurice Delanne)

Delta Sailplane Corporation

Dewoitine

DFS

(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug - German research institute for gliders)

DG Flugzeugbau GmbH

Diamond Aircraft

Dittmar

(Flugzeugbau Heini Dittmar) (The Condor series were built by several manufacturers)

Doktor Fiberglas

(Ursula Hänle)

DSK

(Duster Sailplane Kits / Ben Jansson and H. Einar Thor)

Dunne

(John William Dunne)

E

EEL

(Entwicklung und Erprobung von Leichtflugzeugen)

EFF

(Entwicklungsgemeinschaft für Flugzeugbau)

Eiri-Avion O/Y

See PIK.

ENSMA

(Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et Aerotechnique{Societe Scientifique de recherche et de Promotion du Planeur Leger})

Elan

(Elan Tovarna Sportnega Orodja N.SOL.O)

Elliotts of Newbury

Erla

(Erla Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Leipzig)

Espenlaub

(Gottlob Espenlaub)

F

FAG Chemnitz

(Flugtechnischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Staatlichen Akademie für Technik - Chemnitz)

FAR Musachevo

(FAR Musachevo)

Farman

(Henry Farman)

Farner

(Willy Farner)

Farrar

(Demetrius F. Farrar Jr.)

Fauvel

(Charles Fauvel)

FFG Hannover

(Flugtechnische FachGruppe an der Technischen Hochschule Hannover)

Flachsmann

FMA

Fokker

(Fokker Flugzeug-Werke G.m.b.H)

Fournier

(Avions Fournier SA / Rene Fournier / Societe Alpavia)

Frankfort

(Frankfort Sailplane Company / Stanley Corcoran)

Franklin

(Franklin Glider Corporation)

FTAG Esslingen

(Flugtechnische Arbeitsgemeinschaft an der Fachhochschule Esslingen -Hochschule für Technik e.V.)

Funk

(Otto & Peter Funk)

FVA

(Flugwissenschaftliche Vereinigung Aachen)

FVD

(Flugtechnischen Verein Dresden - H. Muttray & R. Siefert)

G

Gehrlein

General Airborne Transport

General Aircraft

Glaser-Dirks

See DG Flugzeugbau.

Glasflügel

Gomolzig

See Caproni Vizzola.

Gotha

(Gothaer Waggonfabrik)

GRAL

(Groupe rouennais d'aviation légère)

Greif

(Greif Flugzeugbau Rendsburg)

Gribovsky

(V.K. Gribovsky)

Grob

(GROB-WERKE Burkhart Grob e.K.)

Grokhovskii

(Pavel Ignatyevich Grokhovskii)

Groshev

(G.F. Groshev - USSR)

Gross

(Dr. Frank R. Gross)

Grossklaus

(Helmut Grossklaus)

Group Genesis

Guerchais-Roche

(Etablissment Roche)

Grzeszczyk

(Szczepan Grzeszczyk)

H

HKS

Hagiwara

()

Hall

(Stan Hall)

Hänle

Harth-Messerschmitt

(Friedrich Harth & Willy Messerschmitt)

Haufe

(Bruno Haufe and Klaus Hill)

Haufe

(Walter Haufe)

Hermanspann

Hirth-Nagele-Eppler

HKS

(Ernst-Günter Haase, Heiz Kensche & Ferdinand B. Schmetz)

HOAC Flugzeugwerk

(HOAC / Hoffmann / Diamond)

Hoffman

Holste

(Max Holste)

Horten

HP

(see Schreder)

HpH Ltd

Hug

(August Hug)

Hütter

I

IA

I.Ae.

ICA-Brasov

(Intreprinderea de Construcţii Aeronautice)

IFIL

(Intreprinderea Forestierǎ di Industrializare a Lemnului)

IIL

(Intreprinderea de industrie Locală- Ghimbav)

Ikarus

(Ikarus Prva srpska industrija aeroplana, automobila i strojeva)

IPD

(Instituto de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento)

IPE

(Industria Paranaense de Estruturas)

IPT

(Instituto de Pesquisas Technologicas de Sao Paulo)

IS

(Instytut Szybownictwa – gliding institute) - post WWII

ISF

(Ingenieur-Büro Strauber-Frommholf)

Issoire

ITS

(Instytut Techniki Szybownictwa – gliding technical institute)- pre WWII

J

Jansson-Thor

(Bengt Jansson & Hank Thor)

Japanese Imperial Army Gliders

Jastreb

(Jastreb Fabrika aviona i Jedrilica - Jastreb Aeroplane and Glider Factory)

K

KAI

(Kazan Aviation Institute - Казанский авиационный институт)

Kaiser

(Rudolf Kaiser)

Karvelis

(Balys Karvelis)

Kasper

(Witold Kasper)

Kassel

Kayaba

Kendall

(Hugh Kendall)

Kittelberger

(Walter & Karl Kittelberger)

Knechtel

(Ing. Wilhelm Knechtel)

Kocjan

(Antoni Kocjan)

Kokusai

Kolesnikov

(D.N. Kolesnikov)

Korolyev

(Sergei P. Korolyev)

Kouzakov

(M.A. Kouzakov)

Küpper

(August Küpper)

Kuzmickas

(Antanas Kuzmickas)

L

Lagasse

(Jean-René Lagasse)

Laister

LAK

(LAK - Litovskaya Aviatsionnaya Konstruktsiya / (some production by ESAG - Eksperimentine Sportines Aviacijos Gamykla)

Lange

Letov

Let Kunovice

LIBIS

(Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia)

Lilienthal

(Otto Lilienthal)

Lindner

(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner)

Lippisch

(Alexander Lippisch)

Lommatzsch

(VEB Apparatebau Lommarzsch, Raubaaerstr. 4, Lommatzsch/Sa. (DDR))

Lössl

(Ernst von Lössl)

L.W.L.

(Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze - Lwów Aviation Workshops)

M

Maeda

(Keniti Maeda)

MAI

(Moscow Aviation Institute)

Mantelli

(Adriano Mantelli)

Manuel

(William L. Manuel)

Marcho-Silesia

(T.H. Marcho-Silesia / Akad. Fliegerschaft Marcho-Silesia)

Marske

(Jim Marske)

Maupin

(Jim Maupin)

MDM

(Zaklady Lotnicze Marganski & Myslowski Spolka z o.o. - Margański & Mysłowski Aviation Works) (MDM - Marganski, Dunowska, Makula)

Meier

(Michael-Lorenz Meier)

Merville

Messerschmitt

(Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt / Messerschmitt AG / Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW))

Miecyslaw Siegel

Mignet

(Henri Mignet)

Mikhaïlovgrad

()

Militi

Molino O/Y

See PIK

Monnett

(John T. Monnett)

Moswey

(Moswey Segelflugzeug-Werke) - (Georg & Heinrich Müller)

MSrE

(Műegyetemi Sportrepülő Egyesület - BME Sportrepülő Association)

Musger

(Edwin Musger)

N

NAF

(Naval Aircraft Factory)

Neiva

(Sociedade Constructora Aeronautica Neiva / Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva)

Nelson

Neukom

(Albert Neukom Segelflugzeugbau / Werner Pfenniger & Albert Markwalder)

Nida Sklandymo Mokykloje

(Nida Sklandymo Mokykloje - Nida Gliding School)

Nikitin

Nippon

Noin

(Claude Noin)

O

Oberlerchner

Oldershaw

OMRE

(Országos Magyar Repülő Egyesület - Central Workshop of Hungarian Aeronautical Association)

Operation Sigma

(John Sellars & Operation Sigma Ltd)

Oškinis

(Bronius Oškinis)

P

Parker

Peterson Sailplane Corporation

PIK

(Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho)

Pilcher

(Percy Sinclair Pilcher)

Piper Aircraft

Pipistrel

(Pipistrel d.o.o Ajdovščina)

Pottier

(Avions Pottier)

PZL Bielsko

PZL Krosno

PZL Mielec

Politechnika Warszawska

(Warsaw Polytechnic)

Pratt-Read

Preiss

See also Schreder

ProFe

(Czech Republic)

Prue

(Irving Prue)

R

Raab

(Fritz Raab)

Radab

(Sven Olof Ridder & Harald Unden - Radab)

RLM

(Reichsluftfahrtministerium - Reich Ministry of Aviation) (Glider designations)

Reinhard

(Gerhard Reinhard)

Rensselaer

Rhein-Flugzeugbau

Rochelt

(Günther Rochelt)

Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH

(LS - Lemke-Schneider)

Ross

RRG

Rubik

(Ernő Rubik - father of the Rubiks Cube inventor)

Rudlicki

(Jerzy Rudlicki)

Ruhm

(UL RuhmAir Leichtflugzeuge / Mannfred Ruhm)

Ryson

(T. Claude Ryan and Son)

S

Sablier

(Georges Sablier)

Sailplane Corporation of America

SALS

(Service de l'Aviation Légère et Sportive en Algérie)

Sandlin

(Mike Sandlin)

Sato

(Hiroshi Sato)

Scheibe

Schempp-Hirth

(Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH)

Schleicher

Schneider

(Grunau Riesengebirge / Flugzeugbau Schneider / Edmund Schneider)

Schreder

Schultz

Schulz

(Ferdinand Schulz)

Schweizer

Segelflugzeugwerke

(Segelflugzeugwerke GmbH, Baden-Baden)

Sekcja Lotnicza

Sheremetyev

(Boris Nikolayevich Sheremetyev)

Shorts

(Short Brothers)

Siegel

(Mieczysław Siegel)

Siren SA

SLCA

Slingsby

(Slingsby Sailplanes/Slingsby Aviation)

Spalinger

(Jakob Spalinger)

Sportárutermelõ Vállalat

Sports Aériens

Sportinė Aviacija (LAK)

See: LAK

St. Louis Aircraft Corporation

Start + Flug

Stemme

Streifeneder

(Hansjörg Streifeneder)

Sukhanov

(Mignon V. Sukhanov / Sukhanova Novossibirsk)

Sunderland

(Gary Sunderland)

Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny

T

Taylorcraft

Technoflug

(Technoflug Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH)

TeST

(TeST sro (Division of Comp-Let sro), Velké Meziříĉi)

Teichfuss

(Luigi Teichfuss)

THK

(Türk Hava Kurumu)

Todhunter

(Reg W. Todhunter)

Torva

TsAGI

(Tsentral'nyy Aerodinamicheskiy i Gidrodinamicheskiy Institut- central aerodynamics and hydrodynamics institute)

Tsybin

()

U

US Aviation

URMV-3

(Uzinele de Reparatii Material Volant-3 - Braşov)

V

Valentin

(Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH / Valentin GmbH Geräte und Maschinebau)

Vayse

(Pierre Vayse)

VMA

Vogt

Volmer Jensen

(Volmer Jensen, Burbank, California, USA)

VTC

(Vazduhoplovno tehnicki centar, Vrsac)

W

W.W.S.

(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe - military glider workshops)

Waco

Warsztaty ZASPL

(Warsztaty Związek Awiatyczny Studentów Politechniki Lwowskiej - Aviation Association of Lwów Technical University's Students Workshops) - pre 1937 for post 1937 see L.W.L.

Wassmer Aviation SA

Weber Rostov

Weber-Landolf-Münch

Weiss

(José Weiss)

Weltensegler

(Weltensegler G.m.b.H)

Wezel

(Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik)

Whigham

(Eugene Whigham)

Wiederkehr

Windward Performance

Wright

(Peter W. Wright)

Wright Bros.

(Wilbur & Orville Wright)

WS

(Warsztaty Szybowcowe - glider workshops)

Y

Yakovlev

(Aleksander Yakovlev)

Z

Zlin

Miscellaneous Gliders

American miscellaneous constructors

Argentine Miscellaneous constructors

Australian miscellaneous constructors

Austrian miscellaneous constructors

Belgian miscellaneous constructors

Brazilian miscellaneous constructors

British miscellaneous constructors

Bulgarian miscellaneous constructors

Canadian miscellaneous constructors

Chinese gliders

(X-Xianji - glider)

Czecho-Slovakian miscellaneous constructors

Danish miscellaneous constructors

Estonian miscellaneous constructors

Finnish miscellaneous constructors

French miscellaneous constructors

German miscellaneous constructors

Hungarian miscellaneous constructors

Pre-war Hungarian Sportflying organisations and workshops

Post war Hungarian Sportflying organisations and workshops

Hungarian gliders

Indian miscellaneous constructors

Iranian miscellaneous constructors

Irish miscellaneous constructors

Italian miscellaneous constructors

Japanese miscellaneous constructors

Latvian miscellaneous constructors

data from:-Latvian aviation

Lithuanian miscellaneous constructors

Netherlands miscellaneous constructors

New Zealand miscelllaneous constructors

Polish miscellaneous constructors

Romanian miscellaneous constructors

Russian/USSR miscellaneous constructors

Slovenian miscellaneous constructors

South African miscellaneous constructors

Spanish miscellaneous constructors

Swiss miscellaneous constructors

Turkish miscellaneous constructors

Yugoslavian miscellaneous constructors

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