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 edit

AAK (Akademski Aero Klub, Belgrade) edit

AAS edit

(Ateliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes)

AB Flygindustri edit

AB Flygplan edit

Abate edit

( U. Abate)

Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes Ltd edit

Abramov edit

Abrial edit

(Georges Abrial de Pega)

Abric-Calas edit

(Abric & Calas)

ACBA edit

(Aéro Club du Bas Armagnac)

AC Mulhouse Mure edit

(Aéro Club du Mulhouse)

ACS edit

(Aero-Club Suisse)

ACMN edit

(Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises)

Adair edit

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

Adam edit

(Roger Adam)

Addyman edit

(E.T.W. Addyman)

ADI edit

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

Adaridi edit

(Boris Adaridi)

Ader edit

(Clement Ader)

Adorján edit

Advanced Aeromarine edit

Adventure Aircraft edit

AEA edit

(Aerial Experimental Association)

Aecherli-Farner edit

(Hermann Aecherli & Willy Farner)

AER edit

(Aeronautica Rio)

AER Pegaso edit

Aerbul edit

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

Aériane edit

Aero Industries Technical Institute edit

Aero Vodochody edit

Aero-Club Suisse edit

AeroJaén edit

(Aeronaútica del Jaén SA)

Aerola edit

(Also known as Aeros)

Aeromere edit

Aeromot edit

Aeronca edit

Aeros edit

see:Aerola

Aérostructure edit

(Aérostructure SARL)

Aerotalleres edit

Aerotechnik edit

(designer: Karel Dlouhy)

AeroXpert edit

(AeroXpert, Hennopsmeer / Peter Cellier & François Jordaan)

AGA edit

(AGA Aviation)

Agusta edit

(Giovanni Agusta)

Ahrens edit

(Ahrens Aircraft Corporation)

Aiello edit

(Eugenio Aiello)

AII edit

(Aviation Industries of Iran)

Aircraft Cooperative Mechta edit

Air Energy edit

Air Est Services edit

Airdisco edit

(Aircraft Disposal Company)

Airmate edit

See: Schreder

Airspeed Ltd edit

AISA edit

(Émile Dewoitine / Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)

Aizsardze edit

Akaflieg Berlin edit

(FFG Berlin / Akaflieg Berlin)

Akaflieg Braunschweig edit

Akaflieg Danzig edit

(Akademische Fliegergruppe T. H. Danzig)

Akaflieg Darmstadt edit

Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München edit

Akaflieg Dresden edit

Akaflieg Graz edit

(Akademischen Segelfliegergruppe Graz)

Akaflieg Hannover edit

(for Hannoverische Waggonfabrik gliders see:Hannover)

Akaflieg Karlsruhe edit

Akaflieg Köln edit

Akaflieg Marcho-Silesia edit

Akaflieg München edit

Akaflieg Stuttgart edit

Akaflieg Wien edit

Akasiya Mokko edit

Akira edit

(Myahara Akira)

AK Zagreb edit

Akerboom-Schmidt edit

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

Älands Flygklubb edit

Alanne edit

(Pentti Alanne)

Albastar Ltd edit

Albatros edit

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

Albatros Vrabac edit

Albini-Cella-Facciolo-Moltrasio edit

(Albini, Cella, Facciolo, Moltrasio)

Aldasoro-Suárez edit

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

Alexander edit

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

Alfaro (glider constructor) edit

Alfieri edit

(A. Alfieri)

Alise (glider constructor) edit

Alisport edit

(Alisport srl, Cremella, Italy)

Allen edit

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

Allgeier edit

(Josef Allgeier)

Allied edit

(Allied Aviation)

Allievo edit

Allstar edit

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

Alpaero edit

Alpla edit

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

Alsema edit

(Piet Alsema)

Altinger edit

(Raúl Altinger & Theo Altinger)

Anczutin-Malinowski-Aleksandrowicz edit

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

AmEagle edit

(AmEagle Corporation, aka* AmEagle American Eaglet)

American Falcon edit

American Spirit (glider constructor) edit

AMF edit

(AMF Microlight)

AMS Flight edit

Amstutz edit

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

ANB edit

( Pytor Almurzin, Nikitin & Bogatov)

Andersson edit

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

Andrews edit

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

Andrews edit

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

ANEC edit

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

Anotchenko edit

(N.D. Anotchenko a.k.a. Anoschenko ND Macaque)

Ansaldo edit

(José María Ansaldo)

Antoni brothers Antoni edit

(Antoni brothers)

Antonov edit

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

Antykacap edit

Apogs edit

Applebay Sailplanes edit

Ara edit

(Agence Rethéloise d'Aviation)

Archdeacon edit

(Ernest Archdeacon)

Armstrong-Whitworth edit

ARMV-2 edit

(Atelierele de Reparatii Material Volant-2 – Pipera)

Armytage edit

(Norman Armytage)

Arplam edit

(All Reinforced Plastic Mouldings / Leuvense university Aero Club)

Arsenal edit

(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)

Arup edit

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

Arzeulov edit

(K.K. Arzeulov)

ASC edit

(Advanced Soaring Concepts / Jensen Tor)

Ashfield edit

(R. J. Ashfield)

ASUP edit

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

Ateliers Vosgiens edit

Aubiet edit

(Marceau Aubiet)

Auburn edit

(Robert J. Auburn)

August edit

(Henry August)

Aurora edit

(Aurora Training Sailplane Project)

Auseklis edit

AVF edit

(Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota - Air Fleet Academy)

Avia edit

AVIA edit

(Ateliers vosgiens d'industrie aéronautique)

A.V.I.A. edit

(Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche – Francis Lombardi)

Aviad edit

(Aviad Francesco Di Martino)

Aviafiber edit

see:Farner

Avialsa edit

Aviamilano edit

(Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche)

Aviastroitel edit

Aviatrust edit

Notes edit

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  3. ^ Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. pp. 37-42. ISBN 978-0312289270.
  4. ^ "AC-21 Powered Sailplane". aeros.com.ua. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Aeronaves de la Aviación Naval Argentina a lo largo de su historia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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  7. ^ Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. ISBN 381120484X.
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  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Akademische Fliegergruppe Stuttgart e.V. 1926 - 1976. 50 Jahre Akaflieg Stuttgart (in German) (1st ed.). Stuttgart: Akademische Fliegergruppe Stuttgart e.V. (Hrsg.). 1976.
  10. ^ Rizzi, Roberto. "El "Superalbatros" - Recuerdos y nostalgias". volaravela.com.ar (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  11. ^ "sssssssssst-ein Chevron fliegt vorbei" (PDF). Flieger Magazin (in German) (89 001): 78–81. January 1989. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. ^ Rumers, Noël. "AMF Chevvron 2-32C". Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Antonov E-153". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). 3 August 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  14. ^ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ Holswilder, Alex (1997). "Sailplane Directory". Netherlands. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  17. ^ Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-8168-6500-0. LCCN 63-17621.
  18. ^ "The A.V.I.A. LM.02 Dive-bombing Glider - A REAL WAR WINNER [sic]". italianaircraftofwwii.devhub.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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