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.

(Ateliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes)

( U. Abate)

(Georges Abrial de Pega)

(Abric & Calas)

(Aéro Club du Bas Armagnac)

(Aéro Club du Mulhouse)

(Aero-Club Suisse)

(Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises)

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

(Roger Adam)

(E.T.W. Addyman)

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

(Boris Adaridi)

(Clement Ader)

(Aerial Experimental Association)

(Hermann Aecherli & Willy Farner)

(Aeronautica Rio)

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

Aériane

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(Aeronaútica del Jaén SA)

(Also known as Aeros)

Aeros

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see:Aerola

(Aérostructure SARL)

(designer: Karel Dlouhy)

(AeroXpert, Hennopsmeer / Peter Cellier & François Jordaan)

(AGA Aviation)

(Giovanni Agusta)

(Ahrens Aircraft Corporation)

(Eugenio Aiello)

(Aviation Industries of Iran)

(Aircraft Disposal Company)

See: Schreder

(Émile Dewoitine / Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)

(FFG Berlin / Akaflieg Berlin)

(Akademische Fliegergruppe T. H. Danzig)

(Akademischen Segelfliegergruppe Graz)

(for Hannoverische Waggonfabrik gliders see:Hannover)

(Myahara Akira)

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

(Pentti Alanne)

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

(Albini, Cella, Facciolo, Moltrasio)

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

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

(A. Alfieri)

(Alisport srl, Cremella, Italy)

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

(Josef Allgeier)

(Allied Aviation)

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

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

(Piet Alsema)

(Raúl Altinger & Theo Altinger)

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

(AmEagle Corporation, aka* AmEagle American Eaglet)

(AMF Microlight)

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

( Pytor Almurzin, Nikitin & Bogatov)

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

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

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

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

(José María Ansaldo)

(Antoni brothers)

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

(Agence Rethéloise d'Aviation)

(Ernest Archdeacon)

(Atelierele de Reparatii Material Volant-2 – Pipera)

(Norman Armytage)

(All Reinforced Plastic Mouldings / Leuvense university Aero Club)

(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)

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

(K.K. Arzeulov)

(Advanced Soaring Concepts / Jensen Tor)

(R. J. Ashfield)

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

(Marceau Aubiet)

(Robert J. Auburn)

(Henry August)

(Aurora Training Sailplane Project)

(Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota - Air Fleet Academy)

(Ateliers vosgiens d'industrie aéronautique)

(Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche – Francis Lombardi)

(Aviad Francesco Di Martino)

Aviafiber

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see:Farner

(Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche)

Notes

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  2. ^ a b c d Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.
  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.
  6. ^ a b c d Lambert, Mark; Munson, Kenneth; Taylor, Michael J.H., eds. (1991). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1991-92 (82nd ed.). Coulson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710609656.
  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.
  8. ^ a b c d Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1983). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1982-83. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-7106-0748-5.
  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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