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This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world.

  • Ae, for "Dirección General de Aerotécnica" (1927-1936);
  • F.M.A., for "Fábrica Militar de Aviones" (1938-1943);
  • I.Ae., for "Instituto Aerotécnico" (1943-1952);
  • IA, meaning not specified (1952 to 2007).

(Societe Alpavia)

(Josef Allgeier)

American miscellaneous constructors

(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)

Australian miscellaneous constructors

(France)

British miscellaneous constructors

See Schreder.

(Central Aviation workshops)

Chinese gliders

(Centro di Volo a Vela del Politecnico di Torino)

(Centro Studi ad Ezperienze per il Volo a Vela)

Czecho-Slovakian miscellaneous constructors

Danish miscellaneous constructors

(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug - German research institute for gliders)

Dittmar

(The Condor series were built by several manufacturers)

See PIK.

  • Diamant variants KaBiVo, Diamant 16.5, Diamant 18

See Eta Aircraft

(* Ae, for "Dirección General de Aerotécnica", on the first period (1927-1936);

  • F.M.A., for "Fábrica Militar de Aviones", on the second period (1938-1943);
  • I.Ae., for "Instituto Aerotécnico", on the third period (1943-1952);
  • IA, meaning not specified, on the fourth (current) period (1952 to 2007).)

French miscellaneous constructors

(Otto & Peter Funk)

German miscellaneous constructors

See DG Flugzeugbau.

See Caproni Vizzola.

(Edmund Schneider up to 1945)

See also Schreder

(Haase, Kenche, Schmetz)

(August Hug)

Hungarian miscellaneous constructors

    • Ae, for "Dirección General de Aerotécnica", on the first period (1927-1936);
    • F.M.A., for "Fábrica Militar de Aviones", on the second period (1938-1943);
    • I.Ae., for "Instituto Aerotécnico", on the third period (1943-1952);
    • IA, meaning not specified, on the fourth (current) period (1952 to 2007).

(Intreprinderea de Construcţii Aeronautice)

(Instytut Szybownictwa – gliding institute) - post WWII

Italian miscellaneous constructors

(Instytut Techniki Szybownictwa – gliding technical institute)- pre WWII

Japanese miscellaneous constructors

Junkers Flugzeug-Werke A.G. Dessau

(Kazan Aviation Institute)

(Lietuvos AeroKlubas - Lithuanian Aero Club)

(Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze - Lwów Aviation Workshops)

See PIK.

(Sociedade Constructora Aeronautica Neiva / Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva)

Nelson

(Nida Sklandymo Mokykloje - Nida Gliding School)

(Leichtmetallbau-Firma Ernst Nipp & Co., Bremen)

(stretching it a bit thin)

  • X-15 rocket-powered hypersonic glider

Pfenninger

Polish miscellaneous constructors

'Start' Aviation Circle

First Polish Glider Contest August 1923

Second Polish Glider Contest May - June 1925

  • Cumulus

(LS - Lemke-Schneider)

Rubik

Russian/USSR miscellaneous constructors

(Scheibe-Flugzeugbau)

(Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH)

(post-war in Australia)

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S.N.C.A.S.O.

(Société Nationale des Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest)

see 'Fournier'

See PZL Bielsko.

(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe - military glider workshops)

(glider workshops)

(Warsztaty Związek Awiatyczny Studentów Politechniki Lwowskiej - Aviation Association of Lwów Technical University's Students Workshops) - pre 1937 for post 1937 see L.W.L.

Yugoslavian miscellaneous constructors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f http://carmam.jimdo.com/the_morelli_brothers.php - accessed 2008-03-15
  2. ^ a b Welt2000 Homepage of Michael-Lorenz Meier (in German) - accessed 2008-03-15
Websites of modern sailplane manufacturers