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.
British miscellaneous constructors
Aeronca C-2 glider Airdisco Phi-Phi – Aircraft Disposal Company Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.52G Birmingham Guild BG-100 Birmingham Guild BG-135 Bolton 1932 Bramingham 1934 Breeze Oozle Bird Bristol Glider (1910) Broburn Wanderlust – Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley Brokker (glider) Brown 1931 glider Chard Osprey – Keith Chard Cody UK Aircraft n°1 glider Colditz Cock Cramlington Cramcraft – Cramlington Aircraft Ltd Czerwiński-Shenstone Harbinger – Beverley Shenstone and Waclaw Czerwiński Davies Glider-1 Davies Glider-2 Davis-Costin Condor Davis Condor 2 de Havilland DH.52 – de Havilland Aircraft Co Dickson Primary - Devon Gliding Club Dorsling 1932 glider – Dorset Gliding Club Dunning 1934 glider – Dunning, Southdown Gliding Club Edgley EA-9 Optimist – ESL (Edgley Sailplanes Ltd) & EAL (Edgley Aeronautics Ltd) – Edgley, John Eggleton 1912 Enser Mk.1 – Enser, F.G. Etheridge 1933 – Day, S. & Etheridge, C. & Etheridge, P. Europa MG – Europa Management Ltd Farrar-McFarlane biplace – Farrar, D. J. & McFarlane, L. G. Gardner Cumulus – Gardner, L. Ginn-Lesniak Kestrel – Ginn, Vic & Lesniak – London Gliding Club, Dunstable Godwin Two-seater glider – Godwin, C. G. Gordon England 1922 glider – Gordon England, E. C – Georges England Ltd, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Handasyde 1922 glider – Handasyde, G.A. & Raynham, F. P. & Camm, Sydney – Air Navigation Co, Addlestone, Vhertsey, Surrey Handley Page glider 1909 Hewitt 1909 glider- Hewitt, V. V. D. Hick Merlin – Hick, W. Eddie, Newcastle Gliding Club Holdsworth 1929 glider – Holdsworth, H. Holdsworth 1931 glider – Holdsworth, H. Holmes KH-1 – Kenneth Holmes Hulton 1969 hang glider IOW Club glider – Isle of Wight gliding club Jefferson 1933 glider – Jefferson, G. Fearnville Grove, Roundhay, Leeds Keith-Weiss Aviette – Keith, Alexander & WEISS, José Kenilworth Me7 KL biplane glider Latimer-Needham Albatross – Latimer-Needham, C. H. – R.F.D. Co, Guilford Lee-Richards 1912 glider Leeming L.P.W. Lightwing Type 4 Rooster Liverpuffin – Sherwin – man-powered glider Lowe-Wylde Columbus – Lowe-Wylde, Charles H. McAvoy MPA-1 – man-powered aircraft McIntyre Airglow – Mac Intyre, John & Mac Intyre, Mark Merriam 1922 glider – Merriam, Capt F. W. Midland Sailplane – Midland Gliding Club Miles M.76 Durestos Glider Wing – F.G. Miles Ltd. Monk Pegasus Moore Gypsy – The Birmingham Guild Ltd. Mulliners Aeroplane Norfolk 1936 glider – Norfolk Gliding Club, Skeyton Nyborg T.G.N.1 – Nyborg T. G. Oxford Club 1930 glider – Oxford Gliding Club Payne Granta – Payne, A. G. Payne I.C.1 – Payne, J. H. – Imperial College, London Peak 100 – The Bedford Sailplane Design Group – Peak Sailplanes Ltd. Peak 200 – Mitchelmore, P. Penrose Pegasus – Penrose, Harald J. Perkins Reluctant Phoenix – Perkins, Daniel – man-powered aircraft Porte-Pirie 1909 glider – John Cyrill Porte and Pirie Puffin 1 – man-powered aircraft Puffin 2 – man-powered aircraft Radlock Trainer – Raddings, J. E. & Locke, W. E. – Hull Gliding Club, Hedon, Yorkshire Reid Small Glider – Reid, J. A. I. Renaut Primary Reynard R.4 Primary – Reynard, – Reynard Glider Construction Co, Aylestone, Leicester Reynolds R.4 Primary Ridley 1910 glider – Ridley, C. Robertson Bamboo – Robertson, A. Ryley Dragon-Fly 1914 – Ryley, Leslie G. – Ryley, Leslie G., Coventry Aero Club Sayers SCW – Sayers, W. H. & Courtney, & Wright – Central Aircraft Company Searby Special – Searby, H. A. Sellars KJS-1 – Sellars, J. L. & Jordan, K. Shackleton Lark – Shackleton, William Stancliffe Sigma Smith Norbet 1923 Southdown Aero Services Colditz Cock replica Sproule-Ivanoff Camel – Sproule, J. S. & Ivanoff, A. – Scott Light Aircraft Ltd Stedman TS-1 City of Leeds – Stedman, R. F. – Stedman R. F. / Bradford & County Gliding Club Swales SD3-15 – Swales Developments Technicair Trainee – Technicair Ltd. Heston, Middlesex Timmins 1930 glider – Timmins, Dennis To Phoenix Inflatable – To, Frederick E. – Phoenix Team – Man powered aircraft Toucan 1 – Hertfordshire Pedal Aeronauts – man powered aircraft Turkey Buzzard Vaughan 1909 glider – Vaughn, Horace Watson-Northrop 1929 – Watson, J. P. Wenham Multiplane 1858 Westmacott Skylark – Westmacott, R. J. & Westmacott, K. Wilkinson Mk 1 Wilkinson Mk 2 Wright Falcon Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-53 Sovereign Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-55 Consort
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