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.
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W.W.S. (Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe – military glider workshops) W.W.S.1 Salamandra W.W.S.2 Żaba (Frog) W.W.S.3 Delfin (Dolphin)
Waco Waco CG-3A Waco CG-4A Waco CG-13A Waco CG-15 Waco Primary Northwestern PG-1 (CG-4) Ridgefield PG-2 (CG-4) Waco PG-3 (CG-15) Waco LRW (CG-4) Waco LR2W USN transport glider
Wagener (H. Wagener) Wagener H.F.V. 17 Pirat
Waibel-Butler (Gerhard Waibel & Dick Butler & Loek Boermans & Johannes Dillinger) Waibel-Butler Concordia
Walker (Sam Walker) Walker Aria
Wallisa (Józef Walis) Wallisa S-I (Willis S.1 or Walis S-1) No.18 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925 Wallisa S-III No.19 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Walters (Fred Walters) Walters Sinbad I
Walther (Don Walther of Christchurch, New Zealand ) Walther Boffin-Coffin
Warczewski (J. Warczewski – No.16 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925) Mechanik (glider) (Mechanic)
Warner (Martin Warner & Allan J. Campbell) Warner Brolga Warner Kite 2 Warner-Campbell Kite 1
Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum (Chrzanowski-Gymnasiums in Warszawa) Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum glider
Wassmer (Ets. Benjamin Wassmer / Wassmer Aviation SA) Wassmer WA 20 Javelot Wassmer WA 21 Javelot II Wassmer WA 22 Super Javelot Wassmer WA 22 Super Javelot 64 Wassmer WA-22-28 Wassmer WA-23 Wassmer WA 26 Squale Wassmer WA 26 CM Squale Marfa Wassmer WA 28 Espadon Wassmer WA 30 Bijave Wassmer KBK-10 Wassmer-SIREN H-230
Watson-Northrop (J.P. Watson & Jack Northrop) Watson-Northrop 1929 glider
Weber (Ernst Weber) Weber EW-1 – ANDRÖS, & MÜLLER Weber EW-2 Weber EW-3 Libelle Weber EW-18 Weber 108-16 RLM designation for EW-2
Weber (Günther Weber - East Germany [DDR - Deutsches Demokratische Republik]) Weber We-3 1971 Weber We-4 1964
Weber-Landholf-Münch Weber-Landholf-Münch WLM-1 Weber-Landholf-Münch WLM-2
Weiss (José Weiss) Weiss 1914 glider Weiss Joker Weiss Olive
Weltensegler (Weltensegler G.m.b.H) Weltensegler Feldberg aka Strandpromenade ?) Weltensegler Baden-Baden Stolz
Wenham Wenham Multiplane 1858
Westmacott (R. J. Westmacott & K. Westmacott) Westmacott Skylark
Wezel (Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik) Wezel Viva Wezel Apis 2
Whigham (Eugene Whigham) Whigham GW-1 Whigham GW-2 Whigham GW-3 Whigham GW-4 Whigham GW-5 Whigham GW-6 Whigham GW-7
Whisper (Whisper Aircraft) Whisper Motor Glider
Whitehead (Gustave Whitehead, née Weiskopf) Whitehead 1897 glider
Widmaier (Kuno Widmaier / IPE - Industria Paranaense de Estruturas) Widmaier GB-1 Quero Widmaier KW-1 Quero Quero Widmaier KW-2 Biguá
Widmer (Hans Widmer / Matheus Avallone Sobrinho & Kurt Hendrich) Widmer HW-4 Flamengo (Flamingo)
Wiederkehr Wiederkehr GHW-1 Cu-Climber Wiederkehr GHW-2
Wiesner (Jaroslav Wiesner) Wiesner Schrudim
Wikner (Geoffrey Neville Wikner) Wikner Golden Sparrow Wikner-Lindner Secondary
Wilkes Wilkes BMW-1
Wilkinson Wilkinson Mk 1 Wilkinson Mk 2
Wimmer-Dewald (Josef Immer & Alexander Dewald) Wimmer-Dewald Leonardo 2000
Wind (Willy Wind) Wind Wi-1
Windward Performance (Greg Cole) Windward Performance Perlan II Windward Performance SparrowHawk Windward Performance DuckHawk Windward Performance JetHawk Windward Performance GosHawk
Wishart (Alfred William Wishart) Wishart 1930 glider Wishart Biplane glider
WLM (WLM Flugingenieure / Rudolf Sägesser / Isler & Co, Wildegg / H. Sägesser, Flugzeugbbau, Herzogenbuchsee) WLM-1 WLM-2
Wright (Peter W. Wright) Wright Micron Wright MPA – man powered aircraft Wright FalconTaylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983.
Wright Bros. (Wilbur & Orville Wright) Wright 1900 Wright 1901 Wright 1902 Wright IV 1911
WS (Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops) WS SG-3 WS SG-7 WS SG-21 Lwów WS SG-28 WS Wrona WS Komar WS Sroka WS Sokol WS Mewa WS Orlik
WWS (Wiegand und Wisser Sportflugzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG) WWS WM-1
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