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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Babiński (Zbigniew Babiński) Babiński 1912 glider Babiński 1913 glider Babiński II
BAC (British Aircraft Company) B.A.C. I B.A.C. II B.A.C. III B.A.C. IV B.A.C. V B.A.C. VI B.A.C. VII B.A.C. VII Planette B.A.C. VIII Bat-Boat B.A.C. IX B.A.C. Drone
Bacerka Bacerka (glider)
Bachem (Eric Bachem / Bachem-Werke) Bachem Leichtwindensegler Bachem Lerche Bachem Thermikus
Backstrom (Al Backstrom) Backstrom EPB-1 Flying Plank Backstrom WPB-1 Powered Plank Backstrom Flying Plank II
Baden-Baden (Segelflugzeugwerke Baden-Baden) Baden-Baden glider
Bagalini (BAGALINI, Marino) Bagalini Bagaliante Bagalini Colombo
Bailey-Moyes (Bob Bailey / Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd) Bailey-Moyes Tempest
Baitler (Miroslav Baitler / I. skupina konstruktérů Aero, Praha (Prague)) Můra 1922
Baker McMillen (Frank Gröss / Baker McMillen) Baker McMillen Cadet
Ball (James Noel Ball) Ball 1929 glider Ball 1930 glider
Bange (John J. Bange) Bange 1936 glider Bange Azure Star
Bange (John J. Bange - Clifton, Queensland, Australia) Bange Azure Star (Bange Z-B-I) Bange Azure Star II (Bange Z-B-II)
Bango-Schmid (Bango & Schmid) Bango-Schmid 1930 glider
Barbat-Dunn-Rigby (BARBAT, Edward & DUNN, Colin & RIGBY, Colin) Barbat-Dunn-Rigby GBDR
Bărboi (Ion Bărboi) Bărboi 1932 glider Bărboi 1934 glider
Bardin (René Bardin) Bardin Alérion Bardin Alérion Biplace Bardin B-1 Vauville
Barel (Graal Aéro / Max Barel) Barel Graal
Barnaby (Ralph Barnaby) Ralph Barnaby 1909 glider
Baron (A. Baron) Baron Aéro Ramo-Planeur
Barratt-Bradley (Jock Barratt & Harold Bradley / Waikerie Gliding Club) Barratt-Bradley Pelican 2
Barros (Cláudio Pinto de Barros / Centro de Estudos Aeronáuticos (CEA) / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Bello Horizonte, Brazil) Barros CB-1 Gaivota
Barszczowski (Walenty Barszczowski) Barszczowski 1913 Glider
Barta (Karl Barta) Barta Dactylus 2 Barta Dactylus 3
Bartel (Ryszard Bartel) Bartel 1 Glider Bartel 2 Glider
Bartos/Nobel Bartos/Nobel BN-1 Phantom
Bates (Carl Stephen BATES, Clear Lake, Iowa (USA) / Popular Mechanics) Popular Mechanics Glider
Baudoux-Orta (Pierre Baudoux & José Orta / Ateliers Orta, Saint-Hubert, Belgium) Baudoux-Orta SBO
Ted Bauer (Ted Bauer / San Gabriel Academy students, Californie, USA) Bauer Bird
Bäumer (Bäumer Aero GmbH, Hamburg / Paul Bäumer) Bäumer B-1 Roter Vogel
Bazin (Albert Bazin) Bazin 1904 Bazin 1905 Bazin 1909
Bazzocchi (Ermanno Bazzocchi) Bazzocchi EB.1 Littore Bazzocchi EB.2
Bauer Bauer Bz.II
Beatty-Johl Beatty-Johl BJ-2 Assegai Beatty-Johl BJ-3 Beatty-Johl BJ-4
Beaufort Gliding Club (Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club, Victoria, Australia) Beaufort Gliding Club Zephyrus Beaufort Gliding Club Phoenix
Bede (Jim Bede) Bede BD-2 Bede BD-5S
Bekmanis (Edvins Bekmanis) Bekmanis Gaigalina Bekmanis Spriditis
Bėkšta (Romualdas Bėkšta) Bėkšta RB-11
Belin brothers. Belin bros. 1908 glider
Bellanger-Denhaut (DENHAUT, François - BELLANGER Frères) Bellanger-Denhaut BD-1
Belyayev (Viktor Nikolayevich Belyayev) Belyayev BP-3 Belyayev EF-1 Belyayev EF-2
Benes (Pavel Beneš) Benes LD 605 Haban - post-war military assault glider under construction, but cancelled 1951
Bennett-Carter (George Bennett & Richard Carter) Bennett-Carter Dottie S
Benz (Ing. Hans Benz, Mönchen-Gladbach.) Benz Be-2
Berca (Jorge Berca) Berca JB-1 Berca JB-2 Berca JB-3 Berca JB-4
Berger (M. Berger in Lyon and flown by Gardey) Berger 1905 glider
Berkshire (Berkshire Manufacturing Corporation) Berkshire Concept 70
Berkout Berkout (glider)
Berliaux-Salètes Berliaux-Salètes 1909 glider no.1 Berliaux-Salètes 1909 Pourquoi Pas? II
Berliner Segelflugvereins Berliner Segelflugvereins 1923 primary
Bertelli Bertelli Aerostave
Bertin (Bertin (glider constructor)) Bertin Compact Bertin B-12
Besneux (Alain Besneux) Besneux P.70
Bielany School Bielany School Glider
Bikle (Paul Bikle) Bikle T-6
Bilski Bilski Mewa (Gull) No.14 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Bína (Karel Bína / B. Metyš & J. Litomyšl Matoušek) Bína Litomyšl-1
Binder Binder EB28 Binder EB29 Binder ASH-25 EB28
Biot Biot Massia
Birdman (Birdman Enterprises) Birdman Project 102 Windsoar
Birmingham Guild Birmingham Guild BG-100 Birmingham Guild BG-135
Birò Regina Birò Regina
Birrlauf (Benny Birrlauf) Birrlauf Beny I Birrlauf Gerspach
Bisser Bisser – Bulgaria
Bistrama & Puławski Bistrama & Puławski SL-3 No.8 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Blaicher (Michal Blaicher) Blaicher B.1 Blaicher B-38
Bland (Lilian E. Bland – Ireland) Bland Mayfly
Błażyński (Alojzy Błażyński) Błażyński Polon – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923
Bleriot (Louis Blériot) Blériot II
Blessing (Gerhard Blessing / Sportverein Merseburg) Blessing Rebell Blessing V-7 Gleiter-Max Blessing Kolibri-B Blessing Falter-Scooter
Bley (Bley Flugzeugbau GmbH, Naumberg) Bley M-Condor
Blogoslawienstwo Blogoslawienstwo
Blohm & Voss Blohm & Voss BV 40 Blohm & Voss BV 246
Bock (John W. Bock) Bock 1
Boeing Boeing Steel Truss Glider
Bohatyrew (Michal Bohatyrew) Bohatyrew Motyl Bohatyrew Miś (Miś - Teddy Bear) (No.12) – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Bohemia (HALLER, Oldřich) Bohemia B.5
Böhm Böhm Schmankerl foot-launched rigid flying wing glider
Bölkow Bölkow Phönix Bölkow Phoebus
Bolton Bolton 1932
Bonn Bonn Helge Bonn I Vulkan Bonn Schlägel und Eisen
Bonnet (Pierre Bonnet - Louis Clément - Henri Mignet) Bonnet double monoplan Bonnet-Clément BC-1 Bonnet-Clément BC-7 Bonnet-Mignet 1923 glider
Bonnet-Labranche (Émile Bonnet-Labranche / Ateliers vosgiens Saint Dié) Bonnet-Labranche 1909 glider
Bonomi (Aeronautica Bonomi) Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante Bonomi BS.2 Balestruccio Bonomi BS.4 Basettino Bonomi BS.5 Ballerina Bonomi BS.7 Allievo Italia Bonomi BS.8 Biancone Bonomi BS.9 Bertina Bonomi BS.10 Ardea Bonomi BS.11 Milano Bonomi BS.12 Roma Bonomi BS.14 Astore Bonomi BS.15 Bigiarella Bonomi BS.16 Allievo Bonomi Bonomi BS.17 Allievo Cantù Bonomi BS.18 Airone Bonomi BS.19 Alca Bonomi BS.20 Albanella Bonomi BS.22 Alzavola Bonomi BS.24 Biposto Roma Bonomi BS.28 Alcione Bonomi BS.28 Aerodinamico
Borchn-Anemon (BORCHN, A. A. & ANEMON, O. K.) Borchn-Anemon BA-1 Tandem (Борчн- Анмонов БА-1)
Borghese Borghese 1931 hyydroglider
Borzecki (Jozef Borzecki) Borzecki Alto-Stratus Borzecki Cirrus Borzecki JB-4 Skowronek Borzecki Stratus
Bottini Bottini Mabo
Boulay-Ferrier (Jacques Boulay & Hubert Ferrier) Boulay-Ferrier Condor
Boulay-Menin (Jacques Boulay & Menin) Boulay-Menin BM-1
Bourieau-Chapautau Bourieau-Chapautau glider
Bowers (glider constructor) Bowers Bantam
Bowlus (Michael Bowlus) Bowlus BZ-1
Bowlus-du Pont (William Hawley Bowlus) Bowlus M1-PU3 Bowlus 1912 glider Bowlus Albatross 1 Falcon Bowlus Albatross 2 Bowlus Albatross Senior Bowlus Dragontross Bowlus Flying Wing Bowlus Super Albatross Bowlus Super Sailplane Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross Bowlus BA-102 Two-place Baby Albatross Bowlus BS-100 Super Albatross Bowlus BT-100 Baby Albatross Bowlus BTS-100 Two-place Baby Albatross Bowlus G-100 Galloping Gertie Bowlus-Criz MC-1 Bowlus-Criz MC-1 1/2 scale Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing Bowlus XCG-7 Bowlus XCG-8 Bowlus XCG-16 Bowlus/Nelson Dragonfly Bowlus XBM-5 - Bowlus XTG-12 TG-12 - 1942 Bowlus XBM-5,2-seat tandem-seat, mid-wing training glider, XBM-5 = Experimental Bowlus Military, Design number 5 Bowlus TG-12A: unrelated Bowlus-DuPont built M1PU3** 'Utility', 1 impressed ([designer Heath] McDowell, 1-place, Utility, 3rd design [?])
Bramingham Bramingham 1934 glider
Bräutigam (Bernhard Bräutigam / Flugzeugbau Braütigam G.m.b.H. Weimar) Bräutigam Super Orchidee (D-STURM regn.)
Brditschka (Heinz Brditschka) Brditschka Raab Krähe Brditschka-Militki MB-E1 Electric One Brditschka HB-21 Brditschka HB-22Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. Brditschka HB-23
Breeze Breeze Oozle Bird
Bréguet (Société anonyme des ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet) Bréguet Br 900 Louisette Bréguet Br 901 Mouette Bréguet Br 902 Cinzano Bréguet Br 903 Bréguet Br 904 Nymphale Bréguet Br 905 Fauvette Bréguet Br 906 Choucas Bréguet Br 907 Bréguet Colibri Bréguet P-1 Bréguet P-2
Bremen-Lane Bremen-Lane glider
Bremer (Karl Bremer) Bremer Max Bremer Strolch Bremer Motorisiert SG-38
Briegleb (William G. Briegleb) Briegleb BG-01 Utility Briegleb BG-02 Briegleb BG-03 Briegleb BG-04 Briegleb BG-06 Briegleb BG-07 Briegleb BG-08 Briegleb BG-12 Briegleb BG-16 NASA Dryden-Briegleb M2-F1 Briegleb TG-9
Briffaud (Georges Briffaud) Briffaud GB.1 Briffaud GB.2 Briffaud GB.9 Briffaud GB.80 Aérovoilier
Bright Star Bright Star Swift
Bristol (Bristol Aeronautical Corporation) Bristol XLRQ
Bristol (Bristol Aeroplane Company) Bristol Glider (1910)
Brno (Brno Technical university) Brno Technical university ASP-3 – (a.k.a. NSv-3 Cyrillic acronym)
Broburn (Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley) Broburn Wanderlust
Brochet (Avions Maurice Brochet / Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet) Brochet Beynes-CAU Brochet Brocheteau Brochet MB-10 Ginette Brochet MB-20
Brochocki (Stefan Brochocki, Witold Kasper and A. Bodek) Brochocki BKB-1
Brokker (glider constructor) Brokker (glider)
Brondel (Christian Brondel) Brondel Cavok 10 Brondel CB-12 Brondel CB-15 Crystal Brondel Hélium Brondel ST-11 Brondel ST-12 Brondel ST-15
Brookes (Wilfred Brookes) Brookes 1919 glider
Brown (Vincent Brown & STC-GC (Sydney Technical College Gliding Club)) Brown Two Seater Brown Rebel
Brown (Leeroy Brown/ Southdown SkySailing Club) Brown 1931 glider
Bruni (Giovanni Bruni / Aéroclub Vergiate) Bruni 3V-1 Eolo
Bryan Aircraft Company See Schreder.
Brylinski (Brylinski, Jacques & Wehrle, Jean) Brylinski JJ-2 Brylinski JJ-3 Brylinski Petrel
BS (glider constructor) BS 1K
BSV (Berliner Segelflugvereins - HOHMUTH, Otto) BSV 1923 glider BSV Luftikus
Buchanan (John Buchanan) Buchanan Ricochet
Bucher Leichtbau (Heinrich Bucher) see Farner
Budig (Friedrich Wilhelm Budig) Budig 1921 glider
Bums Bums glider Bünzli (Bunzli, Henri René / Société de Construction d'Appareils Aériens, Levallois) Bünzli 1908 glider
Burbulmate Burbulmate
Busso Busso San Giorgio
Butterworth-Ypinazar Butterworth-Ypinazar Primary
Buxton (G. Mungo Buxton) Buxton Hjordis Buxton Hjordis 2 Buxton B-5 Buxton Tailless Tailless
Buxton (Jay Buxton) Buxton Roundair – Jay Buxton Buxton Transporter – Jay Buxton
Bydgoszczy Bydgoszczy Żabuś
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