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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.

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La Mouette La Mouette ( en, Seagull) is a French aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Fontaine-lès-Dijon. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders, paragliders and ultralight trikes. At one time they also produced paramotor ...

(Hang gliders - Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France) *

La Mouette Atlas The La Mouette Atlas is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider, designed and produced by La Mouette of Fontaine-lès-Dijon.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 46. Pagefast Ltd, Lanca ...

* La Mouette Chronos *

La Mouette Cosmos LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

La Mouette O2B LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

La Mouette Profil The La Mouette Profil is a French high-wing, single-place hang glider that was designed and produced by La Mouette of Fontaine-lès-Dijon.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 46. Pagefast Ltd ...

La Mouette Revo LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

* La Mouette Samson *

La Mouette Skybike The La Mouette Skybike is a line of French paramotors that was designed and produced by La Mouette of Fontaine-lès-Dijon for powered paragliding.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-27. Cybair Limited Publish ...

La Mouette Sphinx The La Mouette Sphinx is a French high-wing, single-place and two-place family of hang gliders, designed and produced by La Mouette of Fontaine-lès-Dijon.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page ...

La Mouette Top Model The La Mouette Top Model is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by La Mouette.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 46. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 200 ...

La Mouette Topless The La Mouette Topless is a French single-place, hang glider that was designed and produced by La Mouette.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 46. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368- ...

La Mouette Top Secret LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

L.A.D.

(Light Aircraft Development Co.) * L.A.D. Mita 3 Kai 1 * L.A.D. SS-2

Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin

* Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin 1915 glider

Lagasse

(Jean-René Lagasse) * Lagasse 1901 glider * Lagasse Cruiser *

Lagasse Éole A Lagasse or Lagassé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Lagassé, Canadian politician *Emeril Lagasse (born 1959), American celebrity chef *Jan Lagasse, American curler *Janet Lagasse, American tennis player * Jeannette Boud ...

Lagasse Éole B Lagasse or Lagassé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Lagassé, Canadian politician *Emeril Lagasse (born 1959), American celebrity chef *Jan Lagasse, American curler *Janet Lagasse, American tennis player * Jeannette Boud ...

Lagasse R-4 Lagasse or Lagassé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Lagassé, Canadian politician *Emeril Lagasse (born 1959), American celebrity chef *Jan Lagasse, American curler *Janet Lagasse, American tennis player * Jeannette Boud ...

Lagasse R-9 Lagasse or Lagassé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Lagassé, Canadian politician *Emeril Lagasse (born 1959), American celebrity chef *Jan Lagasse, American curler *Janet Lagasse, American tennis player * Jeannette Boud ...

Lagasse Simplex Lagasse or Lagassé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Lagassé, Canadian politician *Emeril Lagasse (born 1959), American celebrity chef *Jan Lagasse, American curler *Janet Lagasse, American tennis player * Jeannette Boud ...

Lagasse Sulky Lagasse or Lagassé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Lagassé, Canadian politician *Emeril Lagasse (born 1959), American celebrity chef *Jan Lagasse, American curler *Janet Lagasse, American tennis player * Jeannette Boud ...

Lagasse Sulky-Biplace Lagasse or Lagassé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bob Lagassé, Canadian politician *Emeril Lagasse (born 1959), American celebrity chef *Jan Lagasse, American curler *Janet Lagasse, American tennis player * Jeannette Boud ...

Laister

( Jack W. Laister / Laister-Kauffmann) * Laister Yankee Doodle *

Laister Yankee Doodle 2 The Laister-Kauffmann TG-4 (designated LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2 by its designer) was a sailplane produced in the United States during the Second World War for training cargo glider pilots. It was a conventional sailplane design with a fuselage of st ...

* Laister LP-15 Nugget * Laister LP-46 * Laister LP-49 * Laister Universal 2-Place * Laister-Kauffmann LK-10 *

Laister-Kauffman TG-4 The Laister-Kauffmann TG-4 (designated LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2 by its designer) was a sailplane produced in the United States during the Second World War for training cargo glider pilots. It was a conventional sailplane design with a fuselage of st ...

* Laister-Kauffman XCG-10 (Original design – completely different from later XCG-10A) * Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A Trojan Horse

LAK

(LAK – ''Lietuviška Aviacinė Konstrukcija'' / (some production by ESAG – ''Eksperimentine Sportines Aviacijos Gamykla'') * LAK-2 * LAK-5 Nemunas (motor glider)Taylor, John W. R.. ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83''. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. * LAK-8 *

LAK-9 The LAK-9 ''Lietuva'' ( en, Lithuania) was an open-class competition sailplane produced in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. It was based on the LAK BK-7 that had been produced in small numbers since 1972. Like it, the LAK-9 was a conventional sai ...

* LAK-10 Lietuva * LAK-11 Nida * LAK-12 Lietuva * LAK-12 Lietuva 2R * LAK-14 Strazdas * LAK-15 * LAK-16 *

LAK-17 The LAK-17 is a Lithuanian single-seat sailplane that was designed at the Lithuanian Aero Club ( lt, Lietuviškos aviacinės konstrukcijos or LAK), and is manufactured by Sportinė Aviacija. Design and development The LAK-17 is designed to me ...

* LAK-19 * LAK-20 * Sportinë Aviacija SL-2P (aka Kensgaila VK-7) *

LAK Genesis 2 __NOTOC__ The Genesis 2 is a Standard Class competition glider that was designed by an American team led by Jerry Mercer. It was produced in Lithuania. It is notable in having almost no rear fuselage. However it is not tailless, because it has ...

Lampich

(Ãrpád Lampich / ''Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr'') * Gyõr-2 (Ã. Lampich) *

Lampich LS-16 The Lampisch LS-16 was a Hungarian training glider of mixed construction. It was flown but not granted a Certificate of Airworthiness. Design and development In 1939 Árpád Lampich designed a single-seat club trainer constructed from wood, ste ...

Lamson

(Phil Lamson) *

Lamson PL-1 Quark The Lamson PL-1 Quark was an American high-wing, single-seat, glider that was designed and constructed by Philip Lamson, first flying in early 1965.Rogers, Bennett: ''1974 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 45. Soaring Society of Am ...

Lamson

(Robert Lamson) *

Lamson L-106 Alcor The Lamson L-106 Alcor is an American, high-wing, experimental, pressurized research glider that was designed and built by Bob Lamson. The Alcor was the first pressurized sailplane ever built.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Maga ...

Landmann Landmann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Barbara Heinemann Landmann (1795–1883), German spiritual leader * Ludwig Landmann (1868–1945), first Jewish Mayor of Frankfurt * George Thomas Landmann (1779–1854), British ci ...

(Hermann Landmann – ''Institut für Flugzeugkonstruktion der Technischen Hochschule Dresden'') * Landmann Jupp * Landmann La-03 * Landmann La-06 * Landmann LA-16 V-1 Lerche * Landmann LA-16 V-2 Heidelerche * Landmann LA-17 * Krüger Schlägel und Eisen – Hermann Landmann & Nowack

Landes-Derouin

(''Landes Frères & Derouin'' - Robert Landes, Théo Landes and Derouin / Louis Bréguet) * Landes-Derouin * Landes Oiseau Bleu * Landes-Bréguet Mouette

Lange Lange may refer to: People Lange (surname), a German surname Lange (musician) (born 1974), British DJ * Lange (Brazilian footballer) (born 1966), Brazilian footballer Companies * Lange (ski boots), a producer of ski boots used in alpine (dow ...

Lange Antares 20E The Antares is a glider built by Lange Aviation produced with three different wingspans, 18, 20 and 23 meters. The 20 and 23 meter variants can be equipped with a 42-kW electric motor and SAFT VL 41M lithium-ion batteries. The EM 42 is a fixed ...

* Lange Antares 18S/T *

Lange Antares 23E The Antares is a glider built by Lange Aviation produced with three different wingspans, 18, 20 and 23 meters. The 20 and 23 meter variants can be equipped with a 42-kW electric motor and SAFT VL 41M lithium-ion batteries. The EM 42 is a fixe ...

Langhammer

(Egon Scheibe / Bitz-Linner-Zoller) * Langhammer L-10 Libelle

Langley Langley may refer to: People * Langley (surname), a common English surname, including a list of notable people with the name * Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2000), English author and biographer * Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian perfor ...

(Ernest Langley) * Langley Sailplane

Larson

* Larson Utility

Latimer-Needham

(C. H. Latimer-Needham / R.F.D. Co, Guilford) * Latimer-Needham Albatross

Latvian Aero Club Olaine

* Vanadzins

Laubenthal

(Paul Laubenthal) * Laubenthal Musterle * Laubenthal Lore * Laubenthal Württemberg

Lauk

(Peep Lauk – Estonia) * Lauk Flying Wing – Estonia – Lauk, Peep

Launics

(Fricis Launics / 48th Glider Aviator Group, Krustpils (LU)) * Launics Krustpilietis

Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

(L.W. Lawrence) * Lawrence Water Glider

Lazarov

(Tzvetan Lazarov / DAR (''Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnica'') - Bozurishte, Bulgaria) * Lazarov Polkovnik Drangov (''Лазаров Дрангов'')

LCF

(''Luftsport-Club Friedrichshafen'') * LCF-II

le Bris

(Jean-Marie le Bris) * le Bris Aéro-Voilier * le Bris Albatros * le Bris La Barque Ailée

Lee-Richards

(Cedric Lee & G. Tilghman Richards / annular wing patent from G.J.A. Kitchen, Williband Franz Zelger and Isaac Henry Storey) * Lee-Richards 1912 annular biplane glider

Leeming

(John Fishwick LEEMING, Clement WOOD & Tom PRINCE) * Leeming LPW

Leffler-MacFarlane

(Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer) * Leffler-MacFarlane LM-1

Lefort

(Lucien Lefort) * Lefort Triplan

Leonard

(Bob Leonard) * Leonard Annebula

Leonard Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English language, English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek wikiwikiweb:Λέων, � ...

(Whitmar Leonard / Leonard Motorless Aircraft, 32 Crescent Street, N.w., Grand Rapids, Michigan) * Leonard LPT-1 * Leonard LPT-2

Leroy Leroy or Le Roy may refer to: People * Leroy (name), a given name and surname * Leroy (musician), American musician * Leroy (sailor), French sailor Places United States * Leroy, Alabama * Le Roy, Illinois * Le Roy, Iowa * Le Roy, Kansas * Le R ...

(G. Leroy (''Professeur Technique à l'École Professionelle d'Évreux'')/ ''Aéroc-Club de l'Eure'') * Leroy MP-30-CV * Leroy Motoplaneur

Lesh-Wulpi

(Lawrence J. Lesh & James M. Wulpi) * Lesh 1907 * Lesh-Wulpi 1908 glider

Letov

* Letov Š-17 * Letov Š-22 * Letov LF-107 Luňák * Letov XLF-207 Laminar * Letov KB-9 – SLANOVEC, Marjan * Letov LG-130 Kmotr * Letov LD-60-5

Let Kunovice

LET L-13 Blaník The L-13 Blaník is a two-seater trainer Glider (sailplane), glider produced by Let Kunovice since 1956. It is the most numerous and widely used glider in the world. In United States Air Force Academy service, it is designated TG-10C and was used ...

* LET L-13AC Blanik 13.85m span-aerobatic * LET L-13J Blanik motorglider * LET L-21 Spartak - DLOUHI, K. * LET L-22 *

LET L-23 Super Blaník The LET L-23 Super Blaník is a two-seat, all-metal structure Glider (aircraft), glider with fabric covered control surfaces. The aircraft is primarily used for flight training; its single-seat sister model is the Let L-33 Solo. Design and develop ...

LET L-33 Solo The Let L-33 Solo is a Czech shoulder-wing, single-seat, glider, designed by Marian Meciar and Vaclav Zajic, and produced by Let Kunovice. The L-33 first flew in 1992 and remained in production through 2012, supplied as a ready-to-fly aircraft.Bay ...

- MECIAR, Marian & ZAJIC,V... *

Let LF-109 Pionýr The Let LF-109 Pionýr is a glider aircraft developed by Czechoslovak manufacturer Let Kunovice. It was designed as a two-seater training aircraft A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots an ...

* Let VT-16 Orlik * Let VT-116 Orlik II * Let TG-10

LETOV

(LETOV - Yugoslavia) * LETOV Cavka * LETOV Jastreb 54 * LETOV KB-1 Triglav I * LETOV K2A Triglav II * LETOV KB-2 Udarnik * LETOV KB-3 Triglav III * LETOV KB-5 Jadran * LETOV KB-9 * LETOV KBI-14 Mačka * LETOV (AK-ST-21) 21 * LETOV (AK-ST-22) 22 * LETOV Vrabac A

Leyat

(Marcel Leyat / Mr Audra / ''Association Française Aérienne'') * Leyat 1909 glider * Leyat 1924 glider

LFG LFG may refer to: * Landfill gas, a waste gas containing methane and other gases emitted by landfills * Lexical functional grammar, a theory of syntax * Lagged Fibonacci generator, an example of a pseudorandom number generator * "Looking for grou ...

(G. Baatz / ''Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft'', Stralsund) * LFG Boot-Phönix (LFG Phönix / LFG Phönix 3)

LIBIS

(''Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia'') *

LIBIS-17 The LIBIS-17 was a two-seat sailplane for advanced glider training. It was built in Yugoslavia (Slovenia) in the early 1960s and achieved production. Design and development The LIBIS-17, originally known as the LIBIS KB-17, was designed to prov ...

– PRHAVC, Jože * LIBIS 18 * LIBIS L-22 * Libis KB-17 Kondor * Libis KB-18

Lightwing

(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee) * Lightwing Type 4 Rooster * Lightwing L6FS Mouse * Lightwing CT6 Companion

Lilienthal

(Otto Lilienthal) * Lilienthal 1890 glider * Lilienthal 1893 glider * Lilienthal 1896 glider * Lilienthal Derwitzer Glider (1891) *

Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat The Lilienthal ''Normalsegelapparat'' (German: "Normal soaring apparatus") is a Glider aircraft, glider designed by Otto Lilienthal in Germany in the late 19th century. It is considered to be the first aeroplane to be serially produced, exampl ...

(1894) * Lilienthal Standard Doppeldecker Nr 13

Lindner Lindner is a German surname, which may refer to: * Lindner family, American business family based in Cincinnati, Ohio * Lindner (agricultural machinery manufacturer), Austrian family company * Arlon Lindner (1935–2021), American businessman and p ...

(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner) * Lindner Phoebus B3

Lippisch

(Alexander Lippisch) * Lippisch 1920 biplane glider * Lippisch Zögling * Lippisch Prüfling * Lippisch Delta * Lippisch Ente *

Lippisch Falke The RRG Falke ( en, Falcon) of 1930 was a secondary training glider designed by Alexander Lippisch in Germany and intended to provide better performance than his earlier RRG Prüfling whilst being easier to fly because of its inherent stability ...

* Lippisch Storch * Lippisch Storch II * Lippisch Storch III * Lippisch Storch IV *

Lippisch Storch V The RRG Storch V was the only member of Alexander Lippisch's Storch series of tailless aircraft to be powered. It flew successfully in the year 1929. Design and development Before the Storch V, Lippisch had designed only gliders, many of them ...

* Lippisch Storch VI * Lippisch Storch VII * Lippisch Storch VIII ''Marabu'' * Lippisch Grüne Post * Lippisch Professor *

Lippisch Wien The Lippisch Wien was a high-performance glider designed by Alexander Lippisch in Germany in 1929. Owned and flown by Robert Kronfeld, it was one of the first sailplanes intended to exploit thermals. It set world records both for distance and ...

Lippisch Fafnir The RRG Fafnir, named after the legendary dragon, was a single seat German high performance glider designed by Alexander Lippisch. It won the Rhön competition in 1931 and made several outstanding flights as well as setting a fashion for gull w ...

* Lippisch Urubu OBS * Lippisch Fafnir 2 (''São Paulo'') * Djävlar Anamma (Devil take it)

Liwentaal

(Alexandre Liwentaal) * Liwentaal Aerostat – Alexandre Liwentaal

LO

(LO-Fluggerätebau) * LO 120S

Loessl (Eugen)

(Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1) * Lössl E.v.L.1

Loessl (Ernst)

(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl) * Loessl Sb.1 Münchener * Loessl Sb.2 * Loessl Sb.3

Lohner

(''Lohner Flugzeugbau'') * Lohner-Burchardt III (Wilhelm Burchardt) * Lohner-Umlauff Rodelgleiter (Lohner & Hans von Umlauff) * Lohner Kress (Leopold Bauer)

Loitron-Delage

(Loitron & Delage) * Loitron-Delage 1909 glider

Lombarda

(''Aeronautica Lombarda'' / Camillo Silva) * Lombarda AL-3 / Silva AL-3 * Lombarda GP.1 Pinguino / Pinguino GP.1 (GP – Maurizio Garbell & Ermenegildo Preti) * Lombarda GP.2 Asiago / Asiago GP.2 * Lombarda AL-12P * Lombarda A.R. * Lombarda Assalto Radioguidato

Lommatzsch

(''VEB Apparatebau Lommarzsch'', Raubaaerstr. 4, Lommatzsch/Sa. (DDR)) * Lommatzsch FES-530 Lehrmeister * Lommatzsch Lom-55 I Libelle – Heinz Roessing & Landemann * Lommatzsch Lom-57 Libelle * Lommatzsch Lom-58 I Libelle Standard * Lommatzsch Lom-58 II Libelle Laminar * Lommatzsch Lom-59 Lo-Meise * Lommatzsch Lom-61 Favorit

L.O.P.P.

(L.O.P.P. – ''Liga Obrony Powietrznej i Przeciwgazowej – League of Air and Anti-gas Defence / Icarus'') * L.O.P.P. Poznan Ikar

Loravia

* Loravia KV-1 * Loravia KV-2 * Loravia KV-3A * Loravia KV-4 * Loravia LCA-10 Topaze * Loravia LCA-11 Topaze

Lössl

(Ernst von Lössl) * Lössl SB-1 Münchener Eindecker * Lössl SB-2 * Lössl SB-3 * Lössl E.v.L.1 * Lössl 1920 Wasserkuppe Glider

Lowe-Wylde

(Charles H. Lowe-Wylde) * Lowe-Wylde Columbus

Loyko Tandem L-1

(LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR)) * Loyko Tandem L-1

Lucas Lucas or LUCAS may refer to: People * Lucas (surname) * Lucas (given name) Arts and entertainment * Luca Family Singers, also known as "lucas ligner en torsk" * ''Lucas'' (album) (2007), an album by Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities * ''L ...

(Émile Lucas / ''Avions Émile Lucas'') *

Lucas L-6A The Lucas L-6A, also called the L6A, is a French low-wing, two-seats in tandem motor glider that was designed by Emile Lucas of Lagny-le-Sec in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourc ...

Lush Lush may refer to: People Music * Lush (band), a British rock band * ''Lush'' (Mitski album), a 2012 album by Mitski * ''Lush'' (Snail Mail album), a 2018 album by Snail Mail * "Lush", a single by Skepta featuring Jay Sean * ''Lush 3'', a si ...

(Vladimir S. Lush) * Lush Swift

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