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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Pagliani (Armando Pagiani) Pagliani Vittoria Armando Pagiani
Pajno (Vittorio Pajno) Pajno V-1 Pajno V-½ Rondine Pajno V-3
Paknys ( & A. Gysas) Paknys P-1 Uodas Paknys P-2 (Originally PAGY or PAGY-1 [some confuse P-2 with PAGY-2] Paknys PAGY-2 1938, fitted with 18–20 hp engine [sources vary as to conversion to or from motorglider] Paknys P-3 Nerija (Spit) Paknys P-4 Termikas
Pánek (Přemysl Pánek) Pánek P-2 Pánek P-3 Pánek P-4 Pánek N-26-V Ostaš 1
Pánka (glider constructor) Pánka 1924 primary
Paolini (Sfredo Paolini) Paolini SP-38
Parker (Raymond H. Parker / Richard H. Johnson) Parker RP9 T-Bird Parker-Johnson PJ-1 Tiny Mite
Parker (W.L. Parker) Parker 2nd Ranger
Partenavia Partenavia P-56 Zefiro Partenavia Sea Sky
Pascoe (E.A. Pascoe) Pascoe EP-1 Spruce Goose Pascoe EP-2 Super Goose
Pavelek (František Pavelek) Pavelek P-1 1936 PAVELEK, František Pavelek P-2 1937 PAVELEK, František
Payne (A. G. Payne) Payne Granta
Payne (J. H. Payne / Imperial College, London) Payne I.C.1
Payre (Georges Payre) Payre AM-56
Peak (The Bedford Sailplane Design Group / Peak Sailplanes Ltd. / P. Mitchelmore) Peak 100 Peak 200
Peel (Peel / Peel Glider Boat Corporation, College Point, Queens) Peel Z-1 Glider Boat
Pelton (Alfred Paul Pelton) Pelton Hawk Pelton Bat Pelton Bronzewing Pelton ground training machine
Pelzner (Willy Pelzner) Pelzner C Pelzner Hängegleiter 1920
Penrose (Harald J. Penrose) Penrose Pegasus Harald J. Penrose
Peregrine Sailplanes Peregrine Sailplanes KR-03 (Puchatek)
Perl (Harry Perl) Perl PG-130 Penetrator
Pešta (František Pešta) Pešta Peta-Z
Peterson (Max A. Peterson / Peterson Sailplane Corporation) Peterson J-4 Javelin Peterson MAP-3 Medena
Petsuha (A. I. Petsuha) Petsuha PAI-6 – (Пьецуха ПАИ-6)
Peulet (Henri Peulet / Aéro-Club de Créteil) Peulet PC-1 Bigorneau Peulet Biplace Marcel Guittard
Peyean (K. Peyean) Peyean Boot I Peyean Boot II Peyean Schwalbe
Peyronnenc (Pierre Peyronnenc) Peyronnenc PP-1
Pfitzner (Alexander L. Pfitzner) Pfitzner american glider
Phoenix Air (Phoenix Air sro., Letrohrad, Czech Republic) Phoenix Air Phoenix
Piana Canova (Flaminio Piana Canova) Piana Canova PC.100 Piana Canova PC.500
Piattelli (Piattelli, Fidia) Piattelli PH-3 Piattelli PH-7
Pierce (Percy Pierce) Pierce 0-2-1 Pierce 1909 glider
Peyret (Louis Peyret) Peyret Alérion Tandem
Piermarcucci (Société Piermarcucci / Marcucci, Pier) Piermarcucci TST-3 Piermarcucci TST-8 DM
PIK (Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho) PIK-1 PIK-2 PIK-3 PIK-3a Kanttikolmonen PIK-3b PIK-3c Kajava PIK-4 PIK-5 Cumulus PIK-6 PIK-7 Harakka PIK-12 PIK-13 PIK-14 PIK-16 Vasama PIK-17a Tumppi PIK-17b Tintti PIK-20 Tiu PIK-22 PIK-24 Pileus PIK-30
Pilatus (Pilatus Aircraft) B4
Pilcher (Percy Sinclair Pilcher) Pilcher Bat 1895 Pilcher Beetle 1895 Pilcher Hawk 1897 Pilcher Triplane 1899
Pimoule (J. Pimoule) Pimoule 1922 glider
Piotrków (Piotrków Secondary School / Piotrkówa Uczniów) Piotrków School 1913 glider
Piper Aircraft Piper TG-8 Piper LBP Piper LNP
Pipistrel (Pipistrel d.o.o Ajdovščina) Pipistrel Apis Pipistrel Apis-Bee Pipistrel Sinus Pipistrel Taurus Pipistrel Virus Albastar AS 18 – Albastar production
Pitrman-Pešta (František Pitrman & František Pešta / Dílny PO MLL Praha, Maniny) Pitrman-Pešta PP-1 Tulák 37
Planar (Planar Industria Aeronáutica S.A. - Argentina) Planar ASK-18 AR
Platz (Reinhold Platz – Netherlands) Platz Zeilvliegtuig
Ploszajski (Jerzy Ploszajski) Ploszajski KLS-II
Polikarpov (Nikolaj Polikarpov / AMI) Polikarpov BDP Polikarpov BDP-2 Polikarpov MP Polikarpov PB
Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw Polytechnic) Politechnika Warszawska PW-1 ULS Politechnika Warszawska PW-2 Gapa Politechnika Warszawska PW-2D – Mannschaft LKK – DWLKK PW-2D Politechnika Warszawska PW-3 Bakcyl Politechnika Warszawska PW-3V Politechnika Warszawska PW-4 Pelikan – Mannschaft LKK Politechnika Warszawska PW-5 Smyk – Roman Switkiewicz Politechnika Warszawska PW-6 – Roman Switkiewicz
Polyt (Polyteknisk Flyvegruppe – Polytechnic flying club) Polyt I Polyt II Polyt III Polyt IV
Poncelet (Paul Poncelet / Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique) Poncelet Castar – Poncelet, Paul – SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique) Poncelet Vivette – Poncelet, Paul – SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique)
Popa (Ovidiu Popa) Popa OP-1 – (Ovidiu Popa) Popa OP-22 – (Ovidiu Popa)
Popiou (George Popiou) Popiou GEP
Porte-Pirie (Lieutenant John Cyrill Porte and Lieutenant Pirie) Porte-Pirie 1909 glider
Posnansky-Fronius (Herman Posnansky & Bob Fronius) Posnansky-Fronius PF-1 White Knight
Potez (Henry Potez) Potez P-VIII
Pottier (Avions Pottier) Pottier JP 14-34 Pottier JP 15-40
Poznań Aviation Circle (Poznań Aviation Circle Motyl / Michal Bohattrew) Poznań Aviation Circle Motyl (Butterfly) No.20 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Pratt (Percival Justin Pratt / AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company) Pratt 1929 glider Pratt 1934 Pratt Stunter Pratt Two Seater Pratt Utility
Pratt-Read Pratt-Read PR-G1 Pratt Read LNE-1 Pratt-Read TG-32 Pratt-Read LBE
Preiss See also Schreder Preiss RHJ-7 Preiss RHJ-8 Preiss RHJ-9 Preiss RHJ-10
Pretoria University Pretoria University Exulans
Princeton Princeton Sailwing II
ProFe (Czech Republic) ProFe Banjo ProFe Duo Banjo ProFe D-8 Moby Dick ProFe D-8 Straton ProFe D-7 Mini Straton ProFe D-10 Tukan
Projekt 8 (Projekt 8 I/S – Helge Petersen et al.) Projekt 8 Dolphin
Prue (Irving Prue) Prue 160 Prue 215 Prue Two Prue IIA Prue Standard Prue Super Standard Prue UHP-1
PSU (Pennsylvania State University) PSU Griffin
Purcell (Thomas H. Purcell Jr.) Purcell Sea Sprite
Pützer (Alfons Pützer KG) Pützer Doppelraab Pützer Dohle Pützer Elster Pützer Motorraab Pützer SR.57 Bussard - :de:Pützer Bussard Pützer MS.60 Pützer MS.75
P.W.S. (Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów) PWS-101 PWS-102 PWS-103
Pyshnov (V. S. Pyshnov / AVF – Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota – air fleet academy (built at the Aviarabotnik glider section)) Pychnov Strij
P.Z.L. (Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze - State Aviation Works) P.Z.L. 22
PZL Bielsko PZL Bielsko SZD-51 Junior PZL Bielsko SZD-52 (Amber 15 Crocus) PZL Bielsko SZD-54 Perkoz (Grebe) PZL Bielsko SZD-55 PZL Bielsko SZD-56 Diana PZL Bielsko SZD-59 Acro
PZL Krosno PZL Krosno KR-02 PZL Krosno KR-03 Puchatek – Jerzy Krawsczyk and Eugeniusz Pelczar Peregrine Sailplanes KR-03 (Puchatek)
PZL Mielec PZL M-3 Pliszka (Wagtail)
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