List of British gliders

Summary

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.

British miscellaneous constructors edit

  • Aeronca C-2 glider
  • Airdisco Phi-Phi – Aircraft Disposal Company
  • Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.52G
  • Birmingham Guild BG-100
  • Birmingham Guild BG-135
  • Bolton 1932
  • Bramingham 1934
  • Breeze Oozle Bird
  • Bristol Glider (1910)
  • Broburn Wanderlust – Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley
  • Brokker (glider)
  • Brown 1931 glider
  • Chard Osprey – Keith Chard
  • Cody UK Aircraft n°1 glider
  • Colditz Cock
  • Cramlington Cramcraft – Cramlington Aircraft Ltd
  • Czerwiński-Shenstone Harbinger – Beverley Shenstone and Waclaw Czerwiński
  • Davies Glider-1
  • Davies Glider-2
  • Davis-Costin Condor
  • Davis Condor 2
  • de Havilland DH.52 – de Havilland Aircraft Co
  • Dickson Primary - Devon Gliding Club
  • Dorsling 1932 glider – Dorset Gliding Club
  • Dunning 1934 glider – Dunning, Southdown Gliding Club
  • Edgley EA-9 Optimist – ESL (Edgley Sailplanes Ltd) & EAL (Edgley Aeronautics Ltd) – Edgley, John
  • Eggleton 1912
  • Enser Mk.1 – Enser, F.G.
  • Etheridge 1933 – Day, S. & Etheridge, C. & Etheridge, P.
  • Europa MG – Europa Management Ltd
  • Farrar-McFarlane biplace – Farrar, D. J. & McFarlane, L. G.
  • Gardner Cumulus – Gardner, L.
  • Ginn-Lesniak Kestrel – Ginn, Vic & Lesniak – London Gliding Club, Dunstable
  • Godwin Two-seater glider – Godwin, C. G.
  • Gordon England 1922 glider – Gordon England, E. C – Georges England Ltd, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
  • Handasyde 1922 glider – Handasyde, G.A. & Raynham, F. P. & Camm, Sydney – Air Navigation Co, Addlestone, Vhertsey, Surrey
  • Handley Page glider 1909
  • Hewitt 1909 glider- Hewitt, V. V. D.
  • Hick Merlin – Hick, W. Eddie, Newcastle Gliding Club
  • Holdsworth 1929 glider – Holdsworth, H.
  • Holdsworth 1931 glider – Holdsworth, H.
  • Holmes KH-1 – Kenneth Holmes
  • Hulton 1969 hang glider
  • IOW Club glider – Isle of Wight gliding club
  • Jefferson 1933 glider – Jefferson, G. Fearnville Grove, Roundhay, Leeds
  • Keith-Weiss Aviette – Keith, Alexander & WEISS, José
  • Kenilworth Me7
  • KL biplane glider
  • Latimer-Needham Albatross – Latimer-Needham, C. H. – R.F.D. Co, Guilford
  • Lee-Richards 1912 glider
  • Leeming L.P.W.
  • Lightwing Type 4 Rooster
  • Liverpuffin – Sherwin – man-powered glider
  • Lowe-Wylde Columbus – Lowe-Wylde, Charles H.
  • McAvoy MPA-1 – man-powered aircraft
  • McIntyre Airglow – Mac Intyre, John & Mac Intyre, Mark
  • Merriam 1922 glider – Merriam, Capt F. W.
  • Midland Sailplane – Midland Gliding Club
  • Miles M.76 Durestos Glider Wing – F.G. Miles Ltd.[2]
  • Monk Pegasus
  • Moore Gypsy – The Birmingham Guild Ltd.
  • Mulliners Aeroplane
  • Norfolk 1936 glider – Norfolk Gliding Club, Skeyton
  • Nyborg T.G.N.1 – Nyborg T. G.
  • Oxford Club 1930 glider – Oxford Gliding Club
  • Payne Granta – Payne, A. G.
  • Payne I.C.1 – Payne, J. H. – Imperial College, London
  • Peak 100 – The Bedford Sailplane Design Group – Peak Sailplanes Ltd.
  • Peak 200 – Mitchelmore, P.
  • Penrose Pegasus – Penrose, Harald J.
  • Perkins Reluctant Phoenix – Perkins, Daniel – man-powered aircraft
  • Porte-Pirie 1909 glider – John Cyrill Porte and Pirie
  • Puffin 1 – man-powered aircraft
  • Puffin 2 – man-powered aircraft
  • Radlock Trainer – Raddings, J. E. & Locke, W. E. – Hull Gliding Club, Hedon, Yorkshire
  • Reid Small Glider – Reid, J. A. I.
  • Renaut Primary
  • Reynard R.4 Primary – Reynard, – Reynard Glider Construction Co, Aylestone, Leicester
  • Reynolds R.4 Primary
  • Ridley 1910 glider – Ridley, C.
  • Robertson Bamboo – Robertson, A.
  • Ryley Dragon-Fly 1914 – Ryley, Leslie G. – Ryley, Leslie G., Coventry Aero Club
  • Sayers SCW – Sayers, W. H. & Courtney, & Wright – Central Aircraft Company
  • Searby Special – Searby, H. A.
  • Sellars KJS-1 – Sellars, J. L. & Jordan, K.
  • Shackleton Lark – Shackleton, William Stancliffe
  • Sigma
  • Smith Norbet 1923
  • Southdown Aero Services Colditz Cock replica
  • Sproule-Ivanoff Camel – Sproule, J. S. & Ivanoff, A. – Scott Light Aircraft Ltd
  • Stedman TS-1 City of Leeds – Stedman, R. F. – Stedman R. F. / Bradford & County Gliding Club
  • Swales SD3-15 – Swales Developments
  • Technicair Trainee – Technicair Ltd. Heston, Middlesex
  • Timmins 1930 glider – Timmins, Dennis
  • To Phoenix Inflatable – To, Frederick E. – Phoenix Team – Man powered aircraft
  • Toucan 1 – Hertfordshire Pedal Aeronauts – man powered aircraft
  • Turkey Buzzard
  • Vaughan 1909 glider – Vaughn, Horace
  • Walther Boffin-Coffin – man-powered aircraft
  • Watson-Northrop 1929 – Watson, J. P.
  • Wenham Multiplane 1858
  • Westmacott Skylark – Westmacott, R. J. & Westmacott, K.
  • Wilkinson Mk 1
  • Wilkinson Mk 2
  • Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-53 Sovereign
  • Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-55 Consort

Notes edit

  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ Brown, Don L. (1970). Miles Aircraft since 1925 (1st ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd.

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