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List of gliders (W)

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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W.W.S.

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(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe – military glider workshops)

Waco

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Wagener

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(H. Wagener)

Waibel-Butler

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(Gerhard Waibel & Dick Butler & Loek Boermans & Johannes Dillinger)

Walker

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(Sam Walker)

Wallisa

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(Józef Walis)

  • Wallisa S-I (Willis S.1 or Walis S-1) No.18 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
  • Wallisa S-III No.19 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Walters

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(Fred Walters)

Walther

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(Don Walther of Christchurch, New Zealand )

Warczewski

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(J. Warczewski – No.16 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925)

Warner

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(Martin Warner & Allan J. Campbell)

Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum

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(Chrzanowski-Gymnasiums in Warszawa)

Wassmer

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(Ets. Benjamin Wassmer / Wassmer Aviation SA)

Watson-Northrop

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(J.P. Watson & Jack Northrop)

Weber

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(Ernst Weber)

Weber

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(Günther Weber - East Germany [DDR - Deutsches Demokratische Republik])

Weber-Landholf-Münch

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Weiss

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(José Weiss)

Weltensegler

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(Weltensegler G.m.b.H)

Wenham

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Westmacott

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(R. J. Westmacott & K. Westmacott)

Wezel

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(Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik)

Whigham

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(Eugene Whigham)

Whisper

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(Whisper Aircraft)

Whitehead

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(Gustave Whitehead, née Weiskopf)

Widmaier

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(Kuno Widmaier / IPE - Industria Paranaense de Estruturas)

Widmer

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(Hans Widmer / Matheus Avallone Sobrinho & Kurt Hendrich)

Wiederkehr

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Wiesner

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(Jaroslav Wiesner)

Wikner

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(Geoffrey Neville Wikner)

Wilkes

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Wilkinson

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Wimmer-Dewald

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(Josef Immer & Alexander Dewald)

Wind

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(Willy Wind)

Windward Performance

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(Greg Cole)

Wishart

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(Alfred William Wishart)

WLM

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(WLM Flugingenieure / Rudolf Sägesser / Isler & Co, Wildegg / H. Sägesser, Flugzeugbbau, Herzogenbuchsee)

Wright

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(Peter W. Wright)

Wright Bros.

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(Wilbur & Orville Wright)

WS

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(Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops)

WWS

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(Wiegand und Wisser Sportflugzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG)

Notes

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  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ ZUERL, HUBERT (1955). Deutsche Segelflugzeuge (einschl. Motorsegler und Muster der Bundesrepublik Österreich) (PDF) (in German). MÜNCHEN: Aero-Verlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2

Further reading

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Main article: List of aircraft § Further reading
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Main article: List of aircraft § External links
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