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.

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Pagliani edit

(Armando Pagiani)

Pajno edit

(Vittorio Pajno)

Paknys edit

(Antanas Paknys & A. Gysas)

Pánek edit

(Přemysl Pánek)

Pánka (glider constructor) edit

Paolini edit

(Sfredo Paolini)

Parker edit

(Raymond H. Parker / Richard H. Johnson)

Parker edit

(W.L. Parker)

Partenavia edit

Pascoe edit

(E.A. Pascoe)

Pavelek edit

(František Pavelek)

Payne edit

(A. G. Payne)

Payne edit

(J. H. Payne / Imperial College, London)

Payre edit

(Georges Payre)

Peak edit

(The Bedford Sailplane Design Group / Peak Sailplanes Ltd. / P. Mitchelmore)

Peel edit

(Peel / Peel Glider Boat Corporation, College Point, Queens)

Pelton edit

(Alfred Paul Pelton)

Pelzner edit

(Willy Pelzner)

Penrose edit

(Harald J. Penrose)

Peregrine Sailplanes edit

Perl edit

(Harry Perl)

Pešta edit

(František Pešta)

Peterson edit

(Max A. Peterson / Peterson Sailplane Corporation)

Petsuha edit

(A. I. Petsuha)

Peulet edit

(Henri Peulet / Aéro-Club de Créteil)

Peyean edit

(K. Peyean)

Peyronnenc edit

(Pierre Peyronnenc)

Pfitzner edit

(Alexander L. Pfitzner)

Phoenix Air edit

(Phoenix Air sro., Letrohrad, Czech Republic)

Piana Canova edit

(Flaminio Piana Canova)

Piattelli edit

(Piattelli, Fidia)

Pierce edit

(Percy Pierce)

Peyret edit

(Louis Peyret)

Piermarcucci edit

(Société Piermarcucci / Marcucci, Pier)

PIK edit

(Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho)

Pilatus edit

(Pilatus Aircraft)

Pilcher edit

(Percy Sinclair Pilcher)

Pimoule edit

(J. Pimoule)

Piotrków edit

(Piotrków Secondary School / Piotrkówa Uczniów)

Piper Aircraft edit

Pipistrel edit

(Pipistrel d.o.o Ajdovščina)

Pitrman-Pešta edit

(František Pitrman & František Pešta / Dílny PO MLL Praha, Maniny)

Planar edit

(Planar Industria Aeronáutica S.A. - Argentina)

Platz edit

(Reinhold Platz – Netherlands)

Ploszajski edit

(Jerzy Ploszajski)

Polikarpov edit

(Nikolaj Polikarpov / AMI)

Politechnika Warszawska edit

(Warsaw Polytechnic)

Polyt edit

(Polyteknisk Flyvegruppe – Polytechnic flying club)

Poncelet edit

(Paul Poncelet / Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique)

  • Poncelet Castar – Poncelet, Paul – SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique)
  • Poncelet Vivette – Poncelet, Paul – SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique)

Popa edit

(Ovidiu Popa)

Popiou edit

(George Popiou)

Porte-Pirie edit

(Lieutenant John Cyrill Porte and Lieutenant Pirie)

Posnansky-Fronius edit

(Herman Posnansky & Bob Fronius)

Potez edit

(Henry Potez)

Pottier edit

(Avions Pottier)

Poznań Aviation Circle edit

(Poznań Aviation Circle Motyl / Michal Bohattrew)

Pratt edit

(Percival Justin Pratt / AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)

Pratt-Read edit

Preiss edit

See also Schreder

Pretoria University edit

Princeton edit

ProFe edit

(Czech Republic)

Projekt 8 edit

(Projekt 8 I/S – Helge Petersen et al.)

Prue edit

(Irving Prue)

PSU edit

(Pennsylvania State University)

Purcell edit

(Thomas H. Purcell Jr.)

Pützer edit

(Alfons Pützer KG)

P.W.S. edit

(Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów)

Pyshnov edit

(V. S. Pyshnov / AVF – Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota – air fleet academy (built at the Aviarabotnik glider section))

P.Z.L. edit

(Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze - State Aviation Works)

PZL Bielsko edit

PZL Krosno edit

PZL Mielec edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". www.lizdas.lt. Archived from the original on 24 November 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Aeronaves de la Aviación Naval Argentina a lo largo de su historia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2013-03-27. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. ^ Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893–1939. London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-370-00085-5.
  5. ^ a b c Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. pp. 161-163. ISBN 978-0312289270.
  6. ^ a b c d Gunston, Bill (1983). Aircraft of the Soviet Union : the encyclopaedia of Soviet aircraft since 1917. London: Osprey. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0850454451.
  7. ^ Gugju, Ion; Gheorghe Iacobescu; ovidiu Ionescu. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905 - 1974. Brasov. pp. 278–279.
  8. ^ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  9. ^ "Projekt 8 Dolphin". Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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