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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La Mouette
(Hang gliders - Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France) La Mouette Atlas La Mouette Chronos La Mouette Cosmos La Mouette O2B La Mouette Profil La Mouette Revo La Mouette Samson La Mouette Skybike La Mouette Sphinx La Mouette Top Model La Mouette Topless La Mouette Top Secret
L.A.D. (Light Aircraft Development Co.) L.A.D. Mita 3 Kai 1 L.A.D. SS-2
Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin 1915 glider
Lagasse (Jean-René Lagasse) Lagasse 1901 glider Lagasse Cruiser Lagasse Éole A Lagasse Éole B Lagasse R-4 Lagasse R-9 Lagasse Simplex Lagasse Sulky Lagasse Sulky-Biplace
Laister ( Jack W. Laister / Laister-Kauffmann) Laister Yankee Doodle Laister Yankee Doodle 2 Laister LP-15 Nugget Laister LP-46 Laister LP-49 Laister Universal 2-Place Laister-Kauffmann LK-10 Laister-Kauffman TG-4 Laister-Kauffman XCG-10 (Original design – completely different from later XCG-10A) Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A Trojan Horse
LAK (LAK – Lietuviška Aviacinė Konstrukcija / (some production by ESAG – Eksperimentine Sportines Aviacijos Gamykla) LAK-2 LAK-5 Nemunas (motor glider)Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. LAK-8 LAK-9 LAK-10 Lietuva LAK-11 Nida LAK-12 Lietuva LAK-12 Lietuva 2R LAK-14 Strazdas LAK-15 LAK-16 LAK-17 LAK-19 LAK-20 Sportinë Aviacija SL-2P ( Kensgaila VK-7) LAK Genesis 2
Lampich (Ãrpád Lampich / Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr) Gyõr-2 (Ã. Lampich) Lampich LS-16
Lamson (Phil Lamson) Lamson PL-1 Quark
Lamson (Robert Lamson) Lamson L-106 Alcor
Landmann (Hermann Landmann – Institut für Flugzeugkonstruktion der Technischen Hochschule Dresden) Landmann Jupp Landmann La-03 Landmann La-06 Landmann LA-16 V-1 Lerche Landmann LA-16 V-2 Heidelerche Landmann LA-17 Krüger Schlägel und Eisen – Hermann Landmann & Nowack
Landes-Derouin (Landes Frères & Derouin - Robert Landes, Théo Landes and Derouin / Louis Bréguet) Landes-Derouin Landes Oiseau Bleu Landes-Bréguet Mouette
Lange Lange Antares 20E Lange Antares 18S/T Lange Antares 23E
Langhammer (Egon Scheibe / Bitz-Linner-Zoller) Langhammer L-10 Libelle
Langley (Ernest Langley) Langley Sailplane
Larson Larson Utility
Latimer-Needham (C. H. Latimer-Needham / R.F.D. Co, Guilford) Latimer-Needham Albatross
Latvian Aero Club Olaine Vanadzins
Laubenthal (Paul Laubenthal) Laubenthal Musterle Laubenthal Lore Laubenthal Württemberg
Lauk (Peep Lauk – Estonia) Lauk Flying Wing – Estonia – Lauk, Peep
Launics (Fricis Launics / 48th Glider Aviator Group, Krustpils (LU)) Launics Krustpilietis
Lawrence (L.W. Lawrence) Lawrence Water Glider
Lazarov (Tzvetan Lazarov / DAR (Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnica) - Bozurishte, Bulgaria) Lazarov Polkovnik Drangov (Лазаров Дрангов)
LCF (Luftsport-Club Friedrichshafen) LCF-II
le Bris (Jean-Marie le Bris) le Bris Aéro-Voilier le Bris Albatros le Bris La Barque Ailée
Lee-Richards (Cedric Lee & G. Tilghman Richards / annular wing patent from G.J.A. Kitchen, Williband Franz Zelger and Isaac Henry Storey) Lee-Richards 1912 annular biplane glider
Leeming (John Fishwick LEEMING, Clement WOOD & Tom PRINCE) Leeming LPW
Leffler-MacFarlane (Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer) Leffler-MacFarlane LM-1
Lefort (Lucien Lefort) Lefort Triplan
Leonard (Bob Leonard) Leonard Annebula
Leonard (Whitmar Leonard / Leonard Motorless Aircraft, 32 Crescent Street, N.w., Grand Rapids, Michigan) Leonard LPT-1 Leonard LPT-2
Leroy (G. Leroy (Professeur Technique à l'École Professionelle d'Évreux)/ Aéroc-Club de l'Eure) Leroy MP-30-CV Leroy Motoplaneur
Lesh-Wulpi (Lawrence J. Lesh & James M. Wulpi) Lesh 1907 Lesh-Wulpi 1908 glider
Letov Letov Š-17 Letov Š-22 Letov LF-107 Luňák Letov XLF-207 Laminar Letov KB-9 – SLANOVEC, Marjan Letov LG-130 Kmotr Letov LD-60-5
Let Kunovice LET L-13 Blaník LET L-13AC Blanik 13.85m span-aerobatic LET L-13J Blanik motorglider LET L-21 Spartak - DLOUHI, K. LET L-22 LET L-23 Super Blaník LET L-33 Solo - MECIAR, Marian & ZAJIC,V... Let LF-109 Pionýr Let VT-16 Orlik Let VT-116 Orlik II Let TG-10
LETOV (LETOV - Yugoslavia) LETOV Cavka LETOV Jastreb 54 LETOV KB-1 Triglav I LETOV K2A Triglav II LETOV KB-2 Udarnik LETOV KB-3 Triglav III LETOV KB-5 Jadran LETOV KB-9 LETOV KBI-14 Mačka LETOV (AK-ST-21) 21 LETOV (AK-ST-22) 22 LETOV Vrabac A
Leyat (Marcel Leyat / Mr Audra / Association Française Aérienne) Leyat 1909 glider Leyat 1924 glider
LFG (G. Baatz / Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft, Stralsund) LFG Boot-Phönix (LFG Phönix / LFG Phönix 3)
LIBIS (Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia) LIBIS-17 – PRHAVC, Jože LIBIS 18 LIBIS L-22 Libis KB-17 Kondor Libis KB-18
Lightwing (Lightwing Research / John M. Lee) Lightwing Type 4 Rooster Lightwing L6FS Mouse Lightwing CT6 Companion
Lilienthal (Otto Lilienthal) Lilienthal 1890 glider Lilienthal 1893 glider Lilienthal 1896 glider Lilienthal Derwitzer Glider (1891) Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat (1894) Lilienthal Standard Doppeldecker Nr 13
Lindner (Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner) Lindner Phoebus B3
Lippisch (Alexander Lippisch) Lippisch 1920 biplane glider Lippisch Zögling Lippisch Prüfling Lippisch Delta Lippisch Ente Lippisch Falke Lippisch Storch Lippisch Storch II Lippisch Storch III Lippisch Storch IV Lippisch Storch V Lippisch Storch VI Lippisch Storch VII Lippisch Storch VIII Marabu Lippisch Grüne Post Lippisch Professor Lippisch Wien Lippisch Fafnir Lippisch Urubu OBS Lippisch Fafnir 2 (São Paulo) Djävlar Anamma (Devil take it)
Liwentaal (Alexandre Liwentaal) Liwentaal Aerostat – Alexandre Liwentaal
LO (LO-Fluggerätebau) LO 120S
Loessl (Eugen) (Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1) Lössl E.v.L.1
Loessl (Ernst) (Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl) Loessl Sb.1 Münchener Loessl Sb.2 Loessl Sb.3
Lohner (Lohner Flugzeugbau) Lohner-Burchardt III (Wilhelm Burchardt) Lohner-Umlauff Rodelgleiter (Lohner & Hans von Umlauff) Lohner Kress (Leopold Bauer)
Loitron-Delage (Loitron & Delage) Loitron-Delage 1909 glider
Lombarda (Aeronautica Lombarda / Camillo Silva) Lombarda AL-3 / Silva AL-3 Lombarda GP.1 Pinguino / Pinguino GP.1 (GP – Maurizio Garbell & Ermenegildo Preti) Lombarda GP.2 Asiago / Asiago GP.2 Lombarda AL-12P Lombarda A.R. Lombarda Assalto Radioguidato
Lommatzsch (VEB Apparatebau Lommarzsch, Raubaaerstr. 4, Lommatzsch/Sa. (DDR)) Lommatzsch FES-530 Lehrmeister Lommatzsch Lom-55 I Libelle – Heinz Roessing & Landemann Lommatzsch Lom-57 Libelle Lommatzsch Lom-58 I Libelle Standard Lommatzsch Lom-58 II Libelle Laminar Lommatzsch Lom-59 Lo-Meise Lommatzsch Lom-61 Favorit
L.O.P.P. (L.O.P.P. – Liga Obrony Powietrznej i Przeciwgazowej – League of Air and Anti-gas Defence / Icarus) L.O.P.P. Poznan Ikar
Loravia Loravia KV-1 Loravia KV-2 Loravia KV-3A Loravia KV-4 Loravia LCA-10 Topaze Loravia LCA-11 Topaze
Lössl (Ernst von Lössl) Lössl SB-1 Münchener Eindecker Lössl SB-2 Lössl SB-3 Lössl E.v.L.1 Lössl 1920 Wasserkuppe Glider
Lowe-Wylde (Charles H. Lowe-Wylde) Lowe-Wylde Columbus
Loyko Tandem L-1 (LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR)) Loyko Tandem L-1
Lucas (Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas) Lucas L-6A
Luków School Luków School Glider
Lunds Tekniske Lunds Tekniske Silhiuette
Lünger-Kohler (Hans Lünger & Josef Kohler) Lünger-Kohler Beta 1
Lush (Vladimir S. Lush) Lush Swift
Lüty (Paul Lüty / Sportflugzeugbau, Hülserstrasse 398, Krefeld) Luty Ly-542 K Stösser
Lutz (Werner Lutz) Lutz Welu-48
LWL (Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze – Lwów Aviation Workshops) P.W.S.101 P.W.S.102 Rekin (Shark) P.W.S.103
Lwowskich Uczniów (Kazimierz Baszniak, Wlodzimierz Siemiuła & Aleksander Sokalski) Lwowskich Uczniów 1910 glider
Lyushin Maori (S. N. Lyushin) Lyushin Maori – S. N. Lyushin
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