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

American miscellaneous constructors ADI Condor – Aircraft Designs Inc AEA 1907 glider Advanced Aeromarine Sierra – Advanced Aeromarine Adventure Aircraft EMG-6 – Adventure Aircraft AGA Aviation LRG – USN amphibious twin hull transport glider Ahrens AR 124 – Ahrens Aircraft Corporation Allen AES-1 ALLEN, E. & WARNER, E. P. Allen AES-2 ALLEN, E. AmEagle American Eaglet American Falcon (sailplane) American Spirit XL Arup S-1 – Arup Inc (fdr: Cloyd L Snyder), 231 Lincoln Way, South Bend IN. Auburn Sun Spot – Auburn, Robert J. Baker-McMillan Cadet Barnaby 1909 glider Bartos/Nobel BN-1 Phantom Bauer Bird Bennett-Carter Dottie S – George Bennett & Richard Carter Berkshire Concept 70 – Berkshire Manufacturing Corporation Bikle T-6 – Paul Bikle Bock 1 – John W. Bock Bowers Bantam Bowlus BZ-1 – Michael Bowlus Bright Star Swift Briegleb BG-12 and Briegleb BG-6 Bristol XLRQ – Bristol Aeronautical Corporation – Military Amphibian Assault Glider Brown Rebel Buxton Roundair – Jay Buxton Buxton Transporter – Jay Buxton Cadet UT-1 – Alex Dawydoff – Cadet Aeronautics Carnegie Tech Flying Anvil Cascade Kasperwing I-80 Cessna CG-2 – Clyde Cessna Champion Freedom Falcon – Ken Champion Chanute 1902 glider Chanute 1904 glier Chanute Katydid Chanute-Herring 1896 glider Chanute-Huffaker 1901 glider Chase-Sisley C100-S – Robert Chase & Sisley Christopher AG-1 Cordas SCS-1 – A.C. Cordas – Wade Steinruck Crown City Glider Club Screaming Wiener Curtiss Flying Boat glider – Glenn Curtiss Daams Falcon – Fred Daams Dart Aero-5 – Bob Dart Detroit G1 Gull – Detroit Aircraft Corporation Domenjoz glider Douglas XCG-17 – Douglas Aircraft Company DuPont Utility – All American Aviation / Du Pont, Richard Engineering Division GL-1 Engineering Division GL-2 Engineering Division GL-3 Explorer PG-1 Aqua Glider aka Skliar PG-1 Aqua Glider – Skliar, Bill – Explorer Aircraft Company Inc.Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. Florida BDG-1 – Florida University Ford 1930 Primary – Ford, Gilbert Ford Bluey – FORD, Gilbert Freel Flying Wing – Freel, Charles L. – Aircraft Rigging San Diego High School, Californie. Gallaudet Hydrokite – Edson Fessenden Gallaudet GATC XCG-16 – General Glidersport LightHawk Green-Tweed GT-2 – Green, Frank & Tweed, George Haig Minibat – Larry Haig Heath Super Soarer Hendrikson 1908 glider Hermanspann Chinook S – Fred Hermanspann & Art Penz Hill Flying Wing – Man powered Marske Monarch Hill Tetra-15 – Bob Kuykendall, Steve Smith, and Brad Hill Hollman Condor – Winther-hollman Aircraft Inc. Hutchinson HS-127 – Vernon Hutchinson Jobagy Bagyjo Johnson RHJ-6 Adastra – Dick Johnson Jongblood Primary – Mike Jongblood Kelsey K-16 – Kelsey, Frank Kelsey Klippety Klop – Kelsey, Frank Kennedy K-W – Harold Kennedy and Floyd Watson Kiceniuk Icarus – Kiceniuk, Taras – man powered Kissinger-Crookes Flying Saucer – Curtiss Kissinger, LeRoy Crookes Kohler Alpha – Spud Kohler Krutchkoff SHP-1 – HP-14 modification Lamson L-106 Alcor – Lamson, Robert Lamson PL-1 Quark – Lamson, Phil Langley Sailplane – Ernest Langley Larson Utility Lawrence Water Glider – L.W. Lawrence Leffler-MacFarlane LM-1 – Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer Leonard Annebula – Bob Leonard Leonard 2 seater – Leonard Motorless Aircraft Manufacturing Company of Grand Rapids Lesh 1907 Lesh-Wulpi 1908 glider Luenger Beta 1 – Hans Luenger & Josef Kohler Martin 1908 glider Masak Scimitar – Masak, Peter Matteson M-1 – Matteson, Fred H. Mattley Primary Maxey-Prue Jennie-Mae – Rue, Irwin & Maxey, Lyle – built by Kearns, Franck & Maxey, Lyle Mc Allister Yakima Clipper – Mc Allister, Charles McDonnell KBD Gargoyle McDonnell LBD Gargoyle McQuilkin Mach 1 – McQullkin, Robert J. Mead Challenger – T.E. Mead Mead Rhön Ranger – T.E. Mead Melsheimer FM-1 – Melsheimer, Frank Michelob Light Eagle – MIT Daedalus Project Midwest MU-1 – Midwest Sailplane Miller Tern – Terry Miller Monaghan Osprey – Richard Monaghan Montgomery California 1905 - John J. Montgomery Montgomery Defalco 1905 - John J. Montgomery Montgomery Evergreen 1911 - John J. Montgomery Montgomery Glider #1 1883 - John J. Montgomery Montgomery Glider #2 1884 - John J. Montgomery Montgomery Glider #3 1885 - John J. Montgomery Montgomery Santa Clara 1905 - John J. Montgomery Mooney Dust Devil – Walt Mooney Moore SS-1 – Arien C. Moore NASA Hyper III Niedrauer NG-1 – Niedrauer, Jerome Niemi Sisu 1A – NIEMI, Leonard A. / Arlington Aircraft Company New Jersey S.A. Sesquiplane glider – MILLER & BONOTAUX, Pete Noble 1960 – Noble, Bob Nordman 1923 – H. J. Nordman – Nordman & Flush Northwestern PG-1 – powered CG-4 Olansky Straton Ormand Dieder Glider Pacific D-8 – Coward, Ken Parker 2nd Ranger – WL Parker Parker RP9 T-Bird – (Ray Parker) Peel Z-1 Glider Boat Perl PG-130 Penetrator – Perl, Harry Pennsylvania State University Griffin Peterson J-4 Javelin – Peterson, Max A. Pierce 0-2-1 – Pierce, Percy Pierce 1909 glider – Pierce, Percy PIP (glider) Posnansky/Fronius PF-1 White Knight – Ponansky, Herman and Fronius, Bob Privett MPA – man-powered aircraft Princeton Sailwing II PSU Griffin Purcell Sea Sprite Raven Project – Illian, Paul – man-powered aircraft Ree Miller Cherokee RM Ridgefield PG-2 – powered CG-4 Roberts Cygnet – Donald Roberts Robinson Robin – Robinson, John Ross Ranger I – Ross, Vernie Ross Ranger II – Ross, Vernie Rowley R-100 Rutan Solitaire – Rutan Aircraft Factory motorglider Sands Replica 1929 Primary Glider – Ron Sands Sr. Scanlan SG-1A – Thomas W. Scanlan Schmutzhart SCH-1 – Berthold Schmutzhart Schroder + Peters SP-1 V1 SCSA Stratosailplane I – Southern California Soaring Association SCSA Stratosailplane II – Southern California Soaring Association Sellers 1908 Quadruplane glider Sesquiplane Glider Smith SG-5 Cumulus Smith City of Utica – Smith, Stanley W. Snead LRH – 1941 USN amphibious twin hull transport glider Spratt 1909 glider Sparatt 1929 glider Stanley Nomad – Stanley, Robert M. Starr 1-23HM – Sterling Starr Steinruck SCS-1 – Wade Steinruck Tangent EMG-5 – Tangent Aircraft (FAR Part 103 / motor glider / experimental) Timm AG-2 Trager-Bierens T-3 Alibi – Kempes Trager and John Bierens Tweed GT-1 – George Tweed Walker Aria – Walker, Sam Walters Sinbad I Whisper Motor Glider – Whisper Aircraft Whitehead 1897 glider Wilkes BMW-1 Windward Performance SparrowHawk Withacker Centerwing Zauner OZ-4 – HP-14 modification, Otto Zauner Zauner OZ-5 One-Yankee – Otto Zauner

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