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This is a list of
gliders /
sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available)
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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.52 G
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.
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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
Walther Boffin-Coffin – man-powered aircraft
Watson-Northrop 1929 – Watson, J. P.
Wenham Multiplane 1858
Westmacott Skylark – Westmacott, R. J. & Westmacott, K.
Wilkinson Mk 1
Wilkinson Mk 2
Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-53 Sovereign
Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-55 Consort
Notes
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"j2mcl-planeurs" . Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012 .
^ Brown, Don L. (1970). Miles Aircraft since 1925 (1st ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd.
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