List of gliders (A)

This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available)^[1] Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.

A

AAK (glider constructor)

AAK Pionir IIa

AAS

(Ateliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes)

AAS Libération

AB Flygindustri

AB Flygindustri Fi-1
AB Flygindustri Fi-3
AB Flygindustri Lg 105
AB Flygindustri G-101 (DFS Schulgleiter SG.38)
AB Flygindustri Se-104
AB Flygindustri C-180
AB Flygindustri C-103

AB Flygplan

Abate

( U. Abate)

Abate GP-1

Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes Ltd

Abramov

Abrial

(Georges Abrial de Pega)

Abric-Calas

(Abric & Calas)

Abric-Calas 1909 glider^[2]

ACBA

(Aéro Club du Bas Armagnac)

ACBA 3

AC Mulhouse Mure

(Aéro Club du Mulhouse)

AC Mulhouse Mure

ACS

(Aero-Club Suisse)

ACS Zögling

ACMN

(Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises)

ACMN Caps I - Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises

Adam

(Roger Adam)

Adair

(Ronald Hamilton Adair, Clifford Gurr and H. Zechner)

Adair Altair

Addyman

(E.T.W. Addyman)

ADI

(Aircraft Designs Inc / Martin Hollman / Winther-Hollman Aircraft Inc.)

Adaridi

(Boris Adaridi)

Adaridi SK-24

Ader

(Clement Ader)

Ader 1873 glider

Adorján

Adorján Libelle

Advanced Aeromarine

Adventure Aircraft

Adventure Aircraft EMG-6

AEA

(Aerial Experimental Association)

AEA 1907 glider

Aecherli-Farner

(Hermann Aecherli & Willy Farner)

AER

(Aeronautica Rio)

AER M-100S Pegaso

AER Pegaso

AER Pegaso M 100S

Aerbul

(Aerbul s.r.l. / Horacio Bulacio Campos)

Aériane

Aériane Swift

Aero Vodochody

Aero-Club Suisse

Ae.C.S. Zögling

AeroXpert

(AeroXpert, Hennopsmeer / Peter Cellier & François Jordaan)

AeroXpert AX-1

AeroJaén

(Aeronaútica del Jaén SA)

Aerola

(Also known as Aeros)

Aeromere

Aeromot

Aeromot AMT-100 Ximango
Aeromot AMT-200 Super Ximango
Aeromot AMT-300 Turbo Ximango Shark (motor glider)
Aeromot AMT-600 Guri

Aeronca

Aeros

see:Aerola

Aérostructure

(Aérostructure SARL)

Aérostructure Lutin-80

Aerotalleres

Aerotaller E-38^[4]

Aerotechnik

(designer: Karel Dlouhy)

AGA

(AGA Aviation)

AGA Aviation LRG – USN amphibious twin hull transport glider

Ahrens

(Ahrens Aircraft Corporation)

Ahrens AR 124

Aiello

(Eugenio Aiello)

AII

(Aviation Industries of Iran)

AII AVA-101

Aircraft Cooperative Mechta

Air Energy

Air Energy AE-1 Silent

Air Est Services

Airdisco

(Aircraft Disposal Company)

Airdisco Phi-Phi – Aircraft Disposal Company

Airmate

See: Schreder

Airspeed Ltd

AISA

(Émile Dewoitine / Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)

Aizsardze

Aizsardze

Akaflieg Berlin

(FFG Berlin / Akaflieg Berlin)

Akaflieg Braunschweig

Akaflieg Danzig

(Akademische Fliegergruppe T. H. Danzig)

Akaflieg Darmstadt

Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München

Akaflieg Dresden

Akaflieg Graz

(Akademischen Segelfliegergruppe Graz)

Akaflieg München

Akaflieg Stuttgart

Akaflieg Wien

Akaflieg Wien AFW-8

Akasiya Mokko

Shindo Cirrus 2

Akira

(Myahara Akira)

Akira 2C (日本式鳳2型)
Akira Brume de chaleur (日本式かげろう型)

AK Zagreb

AK Zagreb Borongaj

Akerboom-Schmidt

(J. Akerboom & J. Schmidt / Nijs & Van Driel)

Älands Flygklubb

Älands Flygklubb glider

Alanne

(Pentti Alanne)

Alanne Motorlerche^[5]

Albastar Ltd

Albatros

(Club Argentino de Planeadores Albatros / Alberto Rosmarin, Vito Antonio Ernesto Vignera & Jorge Ubaldo Pallich )

Albatros Vrabac

Albatros Vrabac A

Albini-Cella-Facciolo-Moltrasio

(Albini, Cella, Facciolo, Moltrasio)

Albini-Cella-Facciolo-Moltrasio Zögling biposto

Aldasoro-Suárez

(Juan-Pablo Aldasoro-Suárez & Eduardo Aldasoro-Suárez - Real del Monte, Estado de Hidalgo, México)

Aldasoro-Suárez 1909 glider

Alexander

(Albert W. Mooney / Alexander Aircraft Co, Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA)

Alexander B-1

Alfaro (glider constructor)

Alfaro ACA 1910

Alfieri

(A. Alfieri)

Alfieri AT-1 Alcyone

Alise (glider constructor)

Alise (glider)

Alisport

(Alisport srl, Cremella, Italy)

Allen

(Aeronautical Engineering Society, New-York / E. Allen & E.P. Warner)

Allgeier

(Josef Allgeier)

Allgaier Geier

Allied

(Allied Aviation)

Allievo

Allstar

(Allstar PZL Glider Sp. z o.o.)

Alpaero

Alpaero Sirius

Alpla

(Alpla-Werke / Alpla-Werken Alvin Lehner OHG)

Alpla AVo 60 Samburo
Alpla AVo 68 Samburo aka M&D A Vo 68 Samburo

Alsema

(Piet Alsema)

Alsema Sagitta

Altinger

(Raúl Altinger & Theo Altinger)

Anczutin-Malinowski-Aleksandrowicz

(AMA - Andrzej Anczutin, Henryk Malinowski & Rościsław Aleksandrowicz / Université Technique de Varsovie & Ateliers de Construction aéronautique d'Antoni Kocjan)

AMA Motoszybowiec

AmEagle

(AmEagle Corporation, aka* AmEagle American Eaglet)

AmEagle Eaglet^[5]

American Falcon

American Falcon (sailplane)

American Spirit (glider constructor)

American Spirit XL

AMF

(AMF Microlight)

AMF Chevvron 2-32C^[7]^[8]

AMS Flight

Amstutz

(L. Lergier & Blaser / E. Amstutz, H. Belart & H. von Travel, Bern)

Amstutz Thun

Andersson

(A.J. Andersson / Augsburger V.L.)

Andersson Datschi

Andrews

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

Andrews 1930 Glider

Andrews

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

Andrews 1930 glider

ANEC

(W. S. SHACKLETON / Air Navigation and Engeneering Company)

ANEC 1

Anotchenko

(N.D. Anotchenko aka Anoschenko ND Macaque)

Anotchenko Makaka

Ansaldo

(José María Ansaldo)

Ansaldo Fabi

Antoni brothers Antoni

(Antoni brothers)

Antoni Volumano

Antonov

(Oleg K. Antonov / Antonov Design Bureau(OKB))

Antonov Standard-1 (Стандарт-1)
Antonov Standard-2 (Стандарт-2)
Antonov U-s1 (У-с1) – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")
Antonov U-s2 (У-с2) – first version built in series – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")
Antonov U-s3 (У-с3) – 1,600 built – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")
Antonov U-s4 (У-с4), redesignated A-1 – major production version – Uchebnyi (Учебный – "Trainer")(3000 built)
Antonov U-s5 (У-с5)
Antonov U-s6 (У-с6)
Antonov P-s1 (П-с1) – Paritel' (Паритель – "Sailplane")aka Upar (Упар, portmanteau of uchebnyi paritel' – учебный паритель – "training sailplane")
Antonov P-s2 (П-с2) – Paritel' (Паритель – "Sailplane")aka Upar (Упар, portmanteau of uchebnyi paritel' – учебный паритель – "training sailplane") – licence built as the THK-4 in Turkey
Antonov B-s3 (Б-с3) – Buksirovochnye (Буксировочные – "Towed")
Antonov B-s4 (Б-с4) – Buksirovochnye (Буксировочные – "Towed")
Antonov B-s5 (Б-с5) – Buksirovochnye (Буксировочные – "Towed")
Antonov RF-1 Rot Front
Antonov RF-2 Rot Front
Antonov RF-3 Rot Front
Antonov RF-4 Rot Front
Antonov RF-5 Rot Front
Antonov RF-6 Rot Front
Antonov RF-7 Rot Front (red front)
Antonov RF-8 Rot Front
Antonov A-1
Antonov A-2
Antonov A-3 Molodv
Antonov A-7 aka RF-8
Antonov A-9
Antonov A-10 version of A-9
Antonov A-11
Antonov A-13
Antonov A-15
Antonov A-40 aka KT – Krylya Tanka – Flying Tank
Antonov M-1
Antonov M-3
Antonov M-4
Antonov M-5
Antonov OKA-1 Golub ("Dove")
Antonov OKA-2
Antonov OKA-3
Antonov OKA-5 Standard-2
Antonov OKA-6 Gorod Lenina (City of Lenin)
Antonov OKA-7 Bubik
Antonov OKA-11 (PS-1 training glider)
Antonov OKA-12 (PS-2 training glider)
Antonov OKA-13 Chest Uslovii Stalina ("Stalin's six conditions")
Antonov OKA-14 DIP ("Dognat i peregnat") ("Catch up and overtake")
Antonov OKA-17 (RF-1 experimental glider) (1933)
Antonov OKA-18 (RF-2 experimental glider) (1933)
Antonov OKA-19 (RF-3 experimental glider) (1933)
Antonov OKA-20 (RF-4 experimental glider) (1933)
Antonov OKA-21 (apparently based on OKA-14) (1933)
Antonov OKA-23 RF-5 experimental glider (1934)
Antonov OKA-24 M-3 experimental glider (1934)
Antonov OKA-28 RF-6 experimental glider
Antonov OKA-29 M-4 experimental glider
Antonov OKA-30 M-5 experimental glider (1936)
Antonov OKA-31 BS-5 training glider (1936)
Antonov OKA-32 US-5 training glider (1936)
Antonov OKA-33 (LEM-2 motor glider)
Antonov Amur^[9]
Antonov DIP
Antonov IP experimental glider
Antonov Golub
Antonov Staline 1
Antonov Staline 5
Antonov E153 Masha

Antykacap

Antykacap

Apogs

Apogs

Applebay Sailplanes

Ara

(Agence Rethéloise d'Aviation)

Ara 1930 primary

Archdeacon

(Ernest Archdeacon)

Armstrong-Whitworth

Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.52G

ARMV-2

(Atelierele de Reparatii Material Volant-2 – Pipera)

ARMV-2 CT-2 – Traian Costǎchescu
ARMV-2 OP-2 – Ovidiu Popa
ARMV-2 GP-2 – Octavian Giuncu & Ovidiu Popa

Armytage

(Norman Armytage)

Armytage 1929 glider

Arplam

(All Reinforced Plastic Mouldings / Leuvense university Aero Club)

Arplam Leuvense L-1^[10]

Arsenal

(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)

Arup

(Arup Inc (fdr: Cloyd L Snyder), 231 Lincoln Way, South Bend IN.)

Arup S-1

Arzeulov

(K.K. Arzeulov)

ASC

(Advanced Soaring Concepts / Jensen Tor)

Ashfield

(R. J. Ashfield)

Ashfield Kl Biplane

ASUP

(Ugo Abate & Giovanni Pirelli / ASUP / Fratelli Visco, Somma Lombardo)

Ateliers Vosgiens

Ateliers Vosgiens 1909 glider

Aubiet

(Marceau Aubiet)

Aubiet 1922 glider

Auburn

(Robert J. Auburn)

Auburn Sun Spot

August

(Henry August)

August 1909 glider

Aurora

(Aurora Training Sailplane Project)

Aurora TBD

Auseklis

Auseklis (glider)

AVF

(Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota - Air Fleet Academy)

AVF-01 Aral
AVF-03 Mastyazhart
AVF-04 Rabfakovets – АВФ-4 Рабфаковец
AVF-05 Mastyazhart-2 – АВФ-5 Мастяжарт-2
AVF-06
AVF-07 Strekoea-pechatnitsa – АВФ-7 Стрекоэа-печатница
AVF-08 Condor – АВФ-8 Кондор
Denisov AVF-09 Krasvoenlet
AVF-10 – АВФ-10
AVF-11 Komsomolets – АВФ-11 Комсомолец
AVF-12 KIM – АВФ-12 КИМ
AVF-13 Bis – АВФ-13 бис
AVF-13 Larionich – АВФ-13 Ларионыч
AVF-14 1924 URSS Planeur
AVF-16 Aeo – АВФ-16 ЭАП
AVF-17 Une Nuit – АВФ-17 Одна ночъ
AVF-18 Pionnier – АВФ-18 Пионер
AVF-19 – Бураго АВФ-19
AVF-21 Moskau
AVF-23 Krasnaia Presnia
AVF-34

Avia

Avia LM-02

AVIA

(Ateliers vosgiens d'industrie aéronautique)

A.V.I.A.

(Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche – Francis Lombardi)

Aviafiber

see:Farner

Avialsa

Avialsa 60 Fauconnet

Aviamilano

(Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche)

Aviastroitel

Aviatrust

Notes

^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: SchifferPublishing Limited. ISBN 0 7643 0752 5.
^ "AC-21 Powered Sailplane". aeros.com.ua. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "Aeronaves de la Aviación Naval Argentina a lo largo de su historia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1983). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1982-83. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7106-0748-5.
^ Rizzi, Roberto. "El "Superalbatros" - Recuerdos y nostalgias". volaravela.com.ar (in Spanish). Beunos Aires. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
^ "sssssssssst-ein Chevron fliegt vorbei" (PDF). Flieger Magazin (in German) (89 001): 78–81. January 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ Rumers, Noël. "AMF Chevvron 2-32C". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
^ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
^ John W.R. Taylor, ed. (1988). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.
^ Holswilder, Alex (1997). "Sailplane Directory". Netherlands. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
^ Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-8168-6500-0. LCCN 63-17621.
^ "The A.V.I.A. LM.02 Dive-bombing Glider - A REAL WAR WINNER [sic]". italianaircraftofwwii.devhub.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

[j2mcl-planeurs-1] "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

[opdycke-2] Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: SchifferPublishing Limited. ISBN 0 7643 0752 5.

[ac-21-3] "AC-21 Powered Sailplane". aeros.com.ua. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

[instaeronaval-4] "Aeronaves de la Aviación Naval Argentina a lo largo de su historia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2013.

[JAWA_82-3-5] Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1983). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1982-83. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7106-0748-5.

[Rizzi-6] Rizzi, Roberto. "El "Superalbatros" - Recuerdos y nostalgias". volaravela.com.ar (in Spanish). Beunos Aires. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[flieger-7] "sssssssssst-ein Chevron fliegt vorbei" (PDF). Flieger Magazin (in German) (89 001): 78–81. January 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[Rumers-8] Rumers, Noël. "AMF Chevvron 2-32C". Retrieved 16 July 2016.

[JAWA62-63-9] Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.

[JAWA88-89-10] John W.R. Taylor, ed. (1988). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.

[Sailplane_Directory-11] Holswilder, Alex (1997). "Sailplane Directory". Netherlands. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

[Thompson-12] Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-8168-6500-0. LCCN 63-17621.

[itacwwii-13] "The A.V.I.A. LM.02 Dive-bombing Glider - A REAL WAR WINNER [sic]". italianaircraftofwwii.devhub.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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