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.
B edit
Babiński edit
(Zbigniew Babiński)
BAC edit
(British Aircraft Company)
- B.A.C. I
- B.A.C. II
- B.A.C. III
- B.A.C. IV
- B.A.C. V
- B.A.C. VI
- B.A.C. VII
- B.A.C. VII Planette
- B.A.C. VIII Bat-Boat
- B.A.C. IX
- B.A.C. Drone
Bacerka edit
Bachem edit
(Eric Bachem / Bachem-Werke)
Backstrom edit
(Al Backstrom)
Baden-Baden edit
(Segelflugzeugwerke Baden-Baden)
Bagalini edit
(BAGALINI, Marino)
Bailey-Moyes edit
(Bob Bailey / Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd)
Baitler edit
(Miroslav Baitler / I. skupina konstruktérů Aero, Praha (Prague))
Baker McMillen edit
(Frank Gröss / Baker McMillen)
Ball edit
(James Noel Ball)
Bange edit
(John J. Bange)
Bange edit
(John J. Bange - Clifton, Queensland, Australia)
- Bange Azure Star (Bange Z-B-I)
- Bange Azure Star II (Bange Z-B-II)
Bango-Schmid edit
(Bango & Schmid)
Barbat-Dunn-Rigby edit
(BARBAT, Edward & DUNN, Colin & RIGBY, Colin)
Bărboi edit
(Ion Bărboi)
Bardin edit
(René Bardin)
Barel edit
(Graal Aéro / Max Barel)
Barnaby edit
(Ralph Barnaby)
Baron edit
(A. Baron)
Barratt-Bradley edit
(Jock Barratt & Harold Bradley / Waikerie Gliding Club)
Barros edit
(Cláudio Pinto de Barros / Centro de Estudos Aeronáuticos (CEA) / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Bello Horizonte, Brazil)
Barszczowski edit
(Walenty Barszczowski)
Barta edit
(Karl Barta)
Bartel edit
(Ryszard Bartel)
Bartos/Nobel edit
Bates edit
(Carl Stephen BATES, Clear Lake, Iowa (USA) / Popular Mechanics)
Baudoux-Orta edit
(Pierre Baudoux & José Orta / Ateliers Orta, Saint-Hubert, Belgium)
Ted Bauer edit
(Ted Bauer / San Gabriel Academy students, Californie, USA)
Bäumer edit
(Bäumer Aero GmbH, Hamburg / Paul Bäumer)
Bazin edit
(Albert Bazin)
Bazzocchi edit
(Ermanno Bazzocchi)
Bauer edit
Beatty-Johl edit
Beaufort Gliding Club edit
(Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club, Victoria, Australia)
Bede edit
(Jim Bede)
Bekmanis edit
(Edvins Bekmanis)
Bėkšta edit
(Romualdas Bėkšta)
Belin brothers. edit
Bellanger-Denhaut edit
(DENHAUT, François - BELLANGER Frères)
Belyayev edit
(Viktor Nikolayevich Belyayev)
Benes edit
(Pavel Beneš)
- Benes LD 605 Haban - post-war military assault glider under construction, but cancelled 1951[8]
Bennett-Carter edit
(George Bennett & Richard Carter)
Benz edit
(Ing. Hans Benz, Mönchen-Gladbach.)
Berca edit
(Jorge Berca)
Berger edit
(M. Berger in Lyon and flown by Gardey)
Berkshire edit
(Berkshire Manufacturing Corporation)
Berkout edit
Berliaux-Salètes edit
Berliner Segelflugvereins edit
Bertelli edit
Bertin edit
(Bertin (glider constructor))
Besneux edit
(Alain Besneux)
Bielany School edit
Bikle edit
(Paul Bikle)
Bilski edit
- Bilski Mewa (Gull) No.14 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Bína edit
(Karel Bína / B. Metyš & J. Litomyšl Matoušek)
Binder edit
Biot edit
Birdman edit
(Birdman Enterprises)
Birmingham Guild edit
Birò Regina edit
Birrlauf edit
(Benny Birrlauf)
Bisser edit
- Bisser – Bulgaria
Bistrama & Puławski edit
- Bistrama & Puławski SL-3 No.8 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Blaicher edit
(Michal Blaicher)
Bland edit
(Lilian E. Bland – Ireland)
Błażyński edit
(Alojzy Błażyński)
- Błażyński Polon – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923
Bleriot edit
(Louis Blériot)
Blessing edit
(Gerhard Blessing / Sportverein Merseburg)
Bley edit
(Bley Flugzeugbau GmbH, Naumberg)
Blogoslawienstwo edit
Blohm & Voss edit
Bock edit
(John W. Bock)
Boeing edit
Bohatyrew edit
(Michal Bohatyrew)
- Bohatyrew Motyl
- Bohatyrew Miś (Miś - Teddy Bear) (No.12) – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
Bohemia edit
(HALLER, Oldřich)
Böhm edit
- Böhm Schmankerl foot-launched rigid flying wing glider
Bölkow edit
Bolton edit
Bonn edit
Bonnet edit
(Pierre Bonnet - Louis Clément - Henri Mignet)
Bonnet-Labranche edit
(Émile Bonnet-Labranche / Ateliers vosgiens Saint Dié)
Bonomi edit
(Aeronautica Bonomi)
- Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante
- Bonomi BS.2 Balestruccio
- Bonomi BS.4 Basettino
- Bonomi BS.5 Ballerina
- Bonomi BS.7 Allievo Italia
- Bonomi BS.8 Biancone
- Bonomi BS.9 Bertina
- Bonomi BS.10 Ardea
- Bonomi BS.11 Milano
- Bonomi BS.12 Roma
- Bonomi BS.14 Astore
- Bonomi BS.15 Bigiarella
- Bonomi BS.16 Allievo Bonomi
- Bonomi BS.17 Allievo Cantù
- Bonomi BS.18 Airone
- Bonomi BS.19 Alca
- Bonomi BS.20 Albanella
- Bonomi BS.22 Alzavola
- Bonomi BS.24 Biposto Roma
- Bonomi BS.28 Alcione
- Bonomi BS.28 Aerodinamico
Borchn-Anemon edit
(BORCHN, A. A. & ANEMON, O. K.)
- Borchn-Anemon BA-1 Tandem (Борчн- Анмонов БА-1)
Borghese edit
Borzecki edit
(Jozef Borzecki)
Bottini edit
Boulay-Ferrier edit
(Jacques Boulay & Hubert Ferrier)
Boulay-Menin edit
(Jacques Boulay & Menin)
Bourieau-Chapautau edit
Bowers (glider constructor) edit
Bowlus edit
(Michael Bowlus)
Bowlus-du Pont edit
- Bowlus M1-PU3
- Bowlus 1912 glider
- Bowlus Albatross 1 Falcon
- Bowlus Albatross 2
- Bowlus Albatross Senior
- Bowlus Dragontross
- Bowlus Flying Wing
- Bowlus Super Albatross
- Bowlus Super Sailplane
- Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross
- Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross
- Bowlus BA-102 Two-place Baby Albatross
- Bowlus BS-100 Super Albatross
- Bowlus BT-100 Baby Albatross
- Bowlus BTS-100 Two-place Baby Albatross
- Bowlus G-100 Galloping Gertie
- Bowlus-Criz MC-1
- Bowlus-Criz MC-1 1/2 scale
- Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing
- Bowlus XCG-7
- Bowlus XCG-8
- Bowlus XCG-16
- Bowlus/Nelson Dragonfly
- Bowlus XBM-5 -
- Bowlus XTG-12 TG-12 - 1942 Bowlus XBM-5,2-seat tandem-seat, mid-wing training glider, XBM-5 = Experimental Bowlus Military, Design number 5
- Bowlus TG-12A: unrelated Bowlus-DuPont built M1PU3** 'Utility', 1 impressed ([designer Heath] McDowell, 1-place, Utility, 3rd design [?])
Bramingham edit
Bräutigam edit
(Bernhard Bräutigam / Flugzeugbau Braütigam G.m.b.H. Weimar)
- Bräutigam Super Orchidee (D-STURM regn.)
Brditschka edit
(Heinz Brditschka)
- Brditschka Raab Krähe
- Brditschka-Militki MB-E1 Electric One
- Brditschka HB-21
- Brditschka HB-22[10]
- Brditschka HB-23
Breeze edit
Bréguet edit
(Société anonyme des ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet)
- Bréguet Br 900 Louisette
- Bréguet Br 901 Mouette
- Bréguet Br 902 Cinzano
- Bréguet Br 903
- Bréguet Br 904 Nymphale
- Bréguet Br 905 Fauvette
- Bréguet Br 906 Choucas
- Bréguet Br 907
- Bréguet Colibri
- Bréguet P-1
- Bréguet P-2
Bremen-Lane edit
Bremer edit
(Karl Bremer)
Briegleb edit
(William G. Briegleb)
- Briegleb BG-01 Utility
- Briegleb BG-02
- Briegleb BG-03
- Briegleb BG-04
- Briegleb BG-06
- Briegleb BG-07
- Briegleb BG-08
- Briegleb BG-12
- Briegleb BG-16
- NASA Dryden-Briegleb M2-F1
- Briegleb TG-9
Briffaud edit
(Georges Briffaud)
Bright Star edit
Bristol edit
(Bristol Aeronautical Corporation)
Bristol edit
(Bristol Aeroplane Company)
- Bristol Glider (1910)
Brno edit
(Brno Technical university)
- Brno Technical university ASP-3 – (a.k.a. NSv-3 Cyrillic acronym)
Broburn edit
(Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley)
Brochet edit
(Avions Maurice Brochet / Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet)
Brochocki edit
(Stefan Brochocki, Witold Kasper and A. Bodek)
Brokker (glider constructor) edit
Brondel edit
(Christian Brondel)
- Brondel Cavok 10
- Brondel CB-12
- Brondel CB-15 Crystal
- Brondel Hélium
- Brondel ST-11
- Brondel ST-12
- Brondel ST-15
Brookes edit
(Wilfred Brookes)
Brown edit
(Vincent Brown & STC-GC (Sydney Technical College Gliding Club))
Brown edit
(Leeroy Brown/ Southdown SkySailing Club)
Bruni edit
(Giovanni Bruni / Aéroclub Vergiate)
Bryan Aircraft Company edit
See Schreder.
Brylinski edit
(Brylinski, Jacques & Wehrle, Jean)
BS (glider constructor) edit
BSV edit
(Berliner Segelflugvereins - HOHMUTH, Otto)
Buchanan edit
(John Buchanan)
Bucher Leichtbau edit
(Heinrich Bucher) see Farner
Budig edit
(Friedrich Wilhelm Budig)
Bums edit
(Bunzli, Henri René / Société de Construction d'Appareils Aériens, Levallois)
Burbulmate edit
Busso edit
Butterworth-Ypinazar edit
Buxton edit
(G. Mungo Buxton)
Buxton edit
(Jay Buxton)
- Buxton Roundair – Jay Buxton
- Buxton Transporter – Jay Buxton
Bydgoszczy edit
Notes edit
- ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ a b Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893–1939. London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-370-00085-5.
- ^ "Bachem Lerche". J2mcl planeurs (in French). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ a b Gugju, Ion; Gheorghe Iacobescu; Ovidiu Ionescu. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905 - 1974. Brașov.
- ^ a b c d Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (17 January 2013). "Bellanger-Denhaut, Planeur expérimental par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Bellanger-Denhaut BD-1". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). 6 September 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "The Rise and Demise of a Weapon (1)". Air Enthusiast (1972–03).
- ^ Schneider, Helmut (1936). Flugzeug-Typenbuch 1936 (in German) (1936 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 17.
- ^ a b Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2
- ^ a b Gaillard, Pierre (1990). Les Avions Francaisde 1944 a 1964. Paris: Editions EPA. p. 86. ISBN 2-85120-350-9.
- ^ "Briffaud GB-80 Aérovoilier". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). 2 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2020.