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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Cacák-Šolc (Antonín Cacák & Lubomír Šolc / Členové PO MLL Trutnov) Cacák-Šolc Hela-Zbodlina
Cacho-Ontiveros (Emilio Gil Cacho & Felipe García Ontiveros / P.L.A.V.I.A. / Escuela de Especialistas, Málaga) Cacho-Ontiveros Gurripato I Cacho-Ontiveros Gurripato II
Cadet Aeronautics (Alex Dawydoff / Cadet Aeronautics) Cadet UT-1
Calvel (Jacques Calvel) Calvel Frelon
Cambier Cambier I
Cambilargiu (Emanuele Cambilargiu) Cambilargiu Goliardia
Canard Aviation AG see Farner
Cañete (Captain of Engineers Antonio Cañete Heredia) Cañete Gaviota (Gull)
Canova (Piana Canova) Canova FPC Canova PC-100 Canova PC-500
CAP (Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista) CAP Alcatraz
Caproni (Società Italiana Caproni) Caproni TM.2
Caproni Vizzola Caproni Vizzola A-10 Calif Caproni Vizzola A-12 Calif Caproni Vizzola A-14 Calif Caproni Vizzola A-15 Calif Caproni Vizzola A-20 Calif Caproni Vizzola A-21 Calif Caproni Vizzola 1 Caproni Vizzola 2 Caproni Vizzola MF Caproni-Coanda 1908 glider
CARMAM (Coopérative d'Approvisionnement et de Réparation de Matériel Aéronautique de Moulins) CARMAM M-100 S Mésange CARMAM M-200 Foehn CARMAM JP 15/34 Kit-Club (Jacquet/Pottier JP15/34) CARMAM JP 15/36 Aiglon (Jacquet/Pottier JP15/36) CARMAM JP 15-38 (Jacquet/Pottier JP15/38) CARMAM C.38Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. CARMAM C.40
Carnegie Tech Carnegie Tech Flying Anvil
Cascade (Cascade Ultralights Inc. / Vitold Kasperski / Steve Grossruck) Cascade Kasperwing I-80
Cases (Francisco Cases Masia) Cases Libel-lula
Castel (Robert Castello) Castel C.24 Castel C.24 Casoar Castel C.24S Castel C.242 Castel C.25S Castel C.30 Moustic Castel C.30S Castel C.301S Ailette Castel C.3010 Castel C.31P Aigrette Castel C.310P Castel C.311P Castel C.32 Castel C.34 Condor Castel C.36 Castel C.38 Castel S.D. Castel Yanapour II
Castel-Mauboussin Castel-Mauboussin CM.6 Adour Castel-Mauboussin CM.7 Castel-Mauboussin CM.8 Acro Castel-Mauboussin CM.8/13 Castel-Mauboussin CM.8/13 Sylphe démotorisé Castel-Mauboussin CM.08R13 Cyclone Castel-Mauboussin CM.08R13 Sylphe II Castel-Mauboussin CM.08R13 Sylphe III Castel-Mauboussin CM.08R9.8 Cyclope Castel-Mauboussin CM.8/15 Castel-Mauboussin CM.10 Castel-Mauboussin CM.17 Castel-Mauboussin CM.24 Castel-Mauboussin CM.71 Castel-Mauboussin CM-88 Gémeaux Castel-Mauboussin CM-88R Gémeaux V Castel-Mauboussin Jalon
CAT (Costruzioni Aeronautiche Taliedo) CAT 15 CAT 20 CAT 28 CAT 28BP CAT TM-2
CAU (Club Aéronautique Universitaire) CAU Frelon
Caudron (Société des avions Caudron) Caudron LEI Caudron C.800 Caudron C.801 Caudron C.810 Caudron C.811 Caudron C.815
Caux (Jules Caux) Caux 1922 glider
Cayley (George Cayley) Cayley 1799 glider Cayley 1849 glider Cayley 1853 glider
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) CEA 101 CB.1 Gaivota CEA 102 CB.2 Minuano
Celair (Celair Manufacturing and Export / Peter Cellier & François Jordan) Celair GA-1 Celstar
Cener-Slanovec (Dušan Cener & Marjan Slanovec) Cener-Slanovec KB-2 Udarnik Dušan Cener & Marjan Slanovec
Centrair Centrair 101 Pegase Centrair C201 Marianne Centrair SNC-34 Alliance
CERVA (Consortium Europeén de Réalisation et de Ventes d'Avions (CERVA)) CERVA CE-75 Silene CERVA CE-78 Silene
Cessna (Clyde Cessna) Cessna CG-2
CGA (Club Genevois d'Aviation) CGA Vol-au-Vent
Champion (Ken Champion) Champion Freedom Falcon
Chanute (Octave Chanute) Chanute 1896 glider Chanute 1902 glider Chanute 1904 glider Chanute-Voisin 1907 glider Chanute Katydid Chanute Quadriplan Chanute-Herring 1896 glider Chanute-Huffaker 1901 glider
Chapeaux (Émile Chapeaux) Chapeaux 1922 glider Chapeaux CH-10 Chapeaux CH-19 Chapeaux CH-19C Chapeaux CH-20 Chapeaux CH-21 Chapeaux CH-23 Chapeaux CH-46 Chapeaux CH-56 Chapeaux CX-19 Hirondelle Chapeaux CX-44-2 Chapeaux-Durand CXD-18 Émile Chapeaux & Édouard Durand Chapeaux EC-19 Chapeaux Le Moniteur Chapeaux VSBC Le Vautour Oricou Chapeaux Monoplan Portatif
Chard (Keith Chard) Chard Osprey
Chardon (Francis Chardon) Chardon Monoplan 1922
Chase (Chase Aircraft Company) Chase MS.1 Chase MS.7 Chase XCG-14 Chase XCG-18 Chase XCG-20
Chase-Sisley (Robert Chase & Sisley) Chase-Sisley C100-S
Chilton (Chilton Aircraft Ltd.) Chilton Cavalier Chilton Olympia
Chinese gliders see List of Chinese gliders
Chlup (Jaromír Chlup / Dílny PO MLL Olomouc) Chlup CH-2 Duha I Chlup CH-2 Duha II
Christopher Christopher AG-1
Chrzanowski (Chrzanowski Secondary School) Chrzanowski 1912 glider Chrzanowski School Glider
Chrzanowskiego Chrzanowskiego 1912 glider
Chyeranovskii (Boris Ivanovitch Chyeranovskii) Chyeranovskii BICh-1 Parabola Chyeranovskii BICh-02 Parabola (AVF-15) Chyeranovskii BICh-03 Chyeranovskii BICh-08 Treugolnik Chyeranovskii BICh-09 Gnome Chyeranovskii BICh-11 Chyeranovskii BICh-12 Chyeranovskii BICh-12 Parabola Chyeranovskii BICh-13 Chyeranovskii BICh-13 Triangle Chyeranovskii BICh-14 Chyeranovskii BICh-18 Human-powered ornithopter also flown as a glider with wings locked Chyeranovskii BICh-22
Chyliński (Tadeusz Chyliński) Chyliński HWL Pegaz
Ciani (Edgardo Ciani / SSVV – Sezioni Sperimentale di Volo a Vela Milano) Ciani EC 37/53 Spillo Ciani EC 38/56 Urendo Ciani EC 39/59 Uribel Ciani EC 40/62 Eventuale Ciani EC 41/64 Crib (Cribbio?)
Cijan (Boris Cijan) Cijan BC-1 Galeb Boris Cijan / Letov Cijan BS-2 Galeb II Cijan BC-6 KOBAC: Yugoslav two-seater trainer for rough fields 1953 - Boris Cijan Cijan Orel Boris Cijan / Letov Cijan-Landsberg Skakavac Boris Cijan / Letov Cijan-Obad Orao IIC Boris Cijan / Letov Cijan-Obad Orao Boris Cijan / Letov Cijan-Obad Orao II (Eagle II) Cijan-Obad Orao IIC (Eagle IIC) Cijan-Stanko Meteor 57 – Ikarus Avijaticarski – Boris Cijan & Obad Stanko Cijan-Stanko Meteor 60 – Ikarus Avijaticarski – Boris Cijan & Obad Stanko
Civil Aviation Department of India (Ministry of Civil Aviation (India) – Civil Aviation Department) Civil Aviation Department ATS-1 Ardhra Civil Aviation Department HS-1 Mrigasheer Civil Aviation Department HS-2 Mrigasheer Civil Aviation Department ITG-3 Civil Aviation Department KS-1 Kartik Civil Aviation Department KS-2 Kartik Civil Aviation Department MG-1 Civil Aviation Department Revathi Civil Aviation Department RG-1 Rohini Civil Aviation Department TS-2 Ashvini Civil Aviation Department TS-3 Ashvini Civil Aviation Department TS-4 Ashvini II Civil Aviation Department BS-1 Bharani
Clarke (T W K Clarke & Co.) Clarke 1936 primary Clarke 1910 glider Clarke Popular Clarke-Chanute Clarke-Wright 1909 glider
Clarkson (F. Clarkson) Clarkson 1930 glider
Clavé Clavé Goéland
Clément (P. Clément) Clément 1909 glider
Clément (Louis Clément) Clément Triplan
Cloudcraft (Cloudcraft Glider Co / Roger S. Dickson) Cloudcraft Dickson Primary Cloudcraft Junior Cloudcraft Phantom
Cody (Samuel F.Cody) Cody n°1 glider
Colditz (Colditz Prisoners) Colditz Cock
Collard-Piel Collard-Piel Compact
Corazzo (Aldo Corazza) Corazza 1904 glider Corazza 1907 glider Corazza Aerocicloplano
Cordas (A.C. Cordas) Cordas SCS-1
Cornelius (1930: (George Wilbur) Cornelius Aircraft Co, Glendale CA, c.1935: Van Nuys CA, c.1940: Dayton OH. 1941: Cornelius-Hoepli Co.) Cornelius XFG-1 Cornelius XBG-3
Cosandey (Louis Cosandy & Alain Rocheblaye) Cosandey Pou Planeur Cosandy-Rocheblaye Pou P AR-1
Costǎchescu (Traian Costǎchescu) Costǎchescu CT-2
Coupet-Guerchais Coupet-Guerchais glider
Cousin (Joseph Cousin) Cousin 1909 glider Cousin Voilier
Coward (Ken Coward) Coward Pacific D-8
CPV (Centro Politecnico del Volo) CPV-1 Arlecchino
Cramlington (Cramlington Aircraft Ltd.) Cramlington Cramcraft
Crown City (Crown City Glider Club) Crown City Screaming Wiener
Cukurs (Herberts Cukurs) Cukurs C-4 – Herberts Cukurs
Culver (Irvin Culver) Culver Dingbat Culver Li'l Dogie Culver Rigid Midget Culver Screaming Wiener
Curtiss (Glenn Curtiss) Curtiss Flying Boat glider
CVT (Centro di Volo a Vela del Politecnico di Torino) CVT-1 Zigolo CVT-2 Veltro CVT-4 Strale CVT M-100 CVT M-200 CVT M-300
CVV (Centro Studi ad Ezperienze per il Volo a Vela) CVV 1 Pinguino CVV 2 Asiago CVV 3 Arcore CVV 4 Pellicano CVV 5 Papero CVV 6 Canguro CVV 7 Pinocchio CVV 8 Linate - 1945 unbuilt project CVV 8 Bonaventura
CYPA (Construcciones y Proyectos Aeronáuticos / Enrique CORBELLA, Francisco ARRANZ MONASTERIO & Miguel GUINEA) CYPA-14 CYPA-19
Cywiński Cywiński Lublin I – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923 Cywiński Lublin II – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923
Czarnecki Czarnecki-Wroński Ikar (Jan Czarnecki & Kazimierz WRÓNSKI) Czarnecki-Jasiński Czajka (Jan Czarnecki & Mieczysław JASIŃSKI)
Czechowski (J. Czechowski) Czechowski Śpiesz się powoli (hasten slowly) No.11 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Czerwiński (Wacław Czerwiński) Czerwiński CW I Czerwiński CW II Czerwiński CW III Czerwiński CW IV Czerwiński CW 5 bis Czerwiński CW 7 Czerwiński CW 8 Czerwiński and Jaworski CWJ Czerwiński PWS-101 Czerwiński PWS-102 Rekin Czerwiński PWS-103 Czerwiński WWS-1 Salamandra Czerwiński Sparrow – close copy of the W.W.S.1 Salamandra – de Havilland Aircraft Canada Czerwiński Robin – modified Sparrow – de Havilland Aircraft Canada Czerwiński WWS-2 Żaba Czerwiński WWS-3 Delfin Czerwiński-Jaworski ITS-II Czerwiński-Shenstone Harbinger – Beverley Shenstone and Waclaw Czerwiński Czerwiński-Shenstone UTG-1 Loudon – Étudiants de L'Université de Toronto
Czerwiński (Sergiusz Czerwiński - no relation to Wacław Czerwiński) Czerwiński 1 (1911) Czerwiński 2 (1927)
Cycloplane (Cycloplane Co Ltd ) Cycloplane A-1 Cycloplane C-1 Cycloplane C-2
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