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.

Australian miscellaneous constructors

  • Andrews 1930 Glider – Kenneth Edwin Andrews
  • Armytage 1929 glider – Norman Armytage
  • Barbat-Dunn-Rigby GBDR
  • Brookes 1919 glider – Wilfred Brookes
  • Brown Two Seater – Vincent Brown & STC-GC (Sydney Technical College Gliding Club)
  • Buchanan Ricochet – John Buchanan
  • Butterworth-Ypinazar Primary
  • Clarkson 1930
  • Davies-Nicholls Primary
  • Degrandi Dresden – DeGrandi, Howard V.
  • Degrandi Slope Soarer – DeGrandi, Howard V.
  • Dehn Ringwing – Dehn, Karl
  • Free Flight Hornet 130s – Free Flight Aviation Pty. Ltd.
  • GCSA Lark – Shackleton, William Stancliffe – GCSA (Gliding Club of South Australia) & BRADLEY, Harold
  • Halloran-Wedd Mayfly – Halloran, Clyde & Wedd, William G.
  • Handcock 1930 glider – Handcock, William Arthur
  • Hinkler 1912 glider - John Louis Hinkler (Bert)
  • Iggulden Bluebird – Iggulden, William Palmer & Iggulden, Jack
  • Iggulden Tandem 1929
  • Iggulden Termagent 3
  • Lessing glider - Lessing, Kurt [2][3]
  • Joey (glider)
  • Zephyrus – Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club (Victoria, Australia)
  • Marsch PG-2 – Marsch, J. C.
  • Marsch Seaplane – Marsch, J. C.
  • Moyes Tempest – Bob Bailey, produced by Moyes Microlights
  • Pascoe EP1 Spruce Goose
  • Pelican 2
  • Pelton Bat – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • Pelton Bronzewing – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • Pelton ground training machine – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • Pelton Hawk – Pelton, Alfred Paul
  • Phoenix (glider)
  • Pratt 1929 glider – Pratt, Percival Justin
  • Pratt Stunter – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
  • Pratt Two Seater – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
  • Pratt Utility – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
  • Richardson Golden Eagle – Geoff Richardson
  • Roberts Primary
  • Saint Louis XCG-5
  • Saint Louis XCG-6
  • Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra two-seat training glider
  • Schneider ES-54 Gnome
  • Schneider ES-56 Nymph
  • Schneider ES-57 Kingfisher
  • Schneider ES-59 Arrow
  • Schneider ES-60 Boomerang and ES-60B Super Arrow
  • Schneider ES-65 Platypus two-seats, side-by-side
  • SUE-1
  • SUT-1 – (Sydney University Trainer 1) – Sydney University Gliding Club
  • SUT-2 – (Sydney University Trainer 2) – Sydney University Gliding Club
  • Sylvander Glider - Sylvander, Victor B. (1913); A 27-foot wingspan Chanute-type biplane glider[4]
  • Taylor-Moore 1931 – Taylor, Lewis & Moore, Ted
  • Thomas Primary 1930 – Thomas, R. R.
  • van Dusen amphibious glider
  • Warner Brolga – Warner, Martin
  • Warner-Campbell Kite 1 – Warner, Martin & Campbell, Allan J.
  • Warner Kite 2 – Warner, Martin
  • Wikner Golden Sparrow – Wikner, Geoffrey Neville
  • Wikner-Lindner Secondary – Wikner, Geoffrey Neville
  • Wishart 1930 glider – Wishart, Alfred William

Notes

  1. ↑ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "j2mcL Planeurs - Lessing". j2mcL Planeurs. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Museum's Latest Acquisition - The Lessing Glider" (PDF). Australian Gliding Museum Newsletter. Issue 7: 3–4, 7.
  4. ↑ Craddock, David A. (1989). Wood, Wire and Calico: A Chronology of Australian Designed Gliders, Sailplanes and Human-Powered Aircraft (PDF) (2nd ed.). Fast Books. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0731683005.

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