This is a list of
gliders/
sailplane
A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding (also called soaring). This unpowered aircraft can use naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to gain altitude. Sailplan ...
s of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available)
Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.
Austrian miscellaneous constructors
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Etrich-Wels 1904 kite/glider
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Etrich-Wels 1906 Glider – ''Etrich's Leaf'', 1906
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Harbich Ha-12/49 – licence built SG-38
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Lohner-Umlauff Rodelgleiter – Lohner & Umlauff, Hans von – ''Lohner Flugzeugbau'', Vienna
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Standard Austria
The Standard Austria was a single-seat aerobatic glider that was originally designed and built in Austria from 1959 but production was moved in 1962 to Schempp-Hirth in Germany.
Development
Commissioned by the ''Österreichischer Aeroclub'' â ...
''Österreichischer Aeroclub'' – Austrian Aero Club
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Malliga MPA – Malliga, Josef – Man powered
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Sterz P-77
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Swaty Kandidat
Swaty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryki, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Ryki and north-west of the regional capital Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city i ...
– Swaty, Franz
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Souczek Bussard II - Prof. Souczek with Franz Rainer
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