List of gliders (V)

Summary

This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists most gliders with references, where available)[1] Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.

V edit

Váhala-Pleško edit

(Hubert Váhala & Štefan Pleško / Dílny PO MLL Sodomka, Vysoké Mýto, Pardubice, Bohemia)

  • Váhala-Pleško VP-1 Jánošík

Váhaly-Sands edit

(H. Váhaly & S. Sands)

  • Váhaly-Sands Jánošík

Vakhmistrov-Tikhonravov edit

(V. Vakhmistrov & M. Tikhonravov)

  • Vakhmistrov-Tikhonravov Dragon

Valentin edit

(Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH / Valentin GmbH Geräte und Maschinebau)

Valette edit

(Aimé Valette)

  • Valette 1922 glider

Valk edit

(Solomon Fedorovitch Valk / Nikitin)

Valmiera Aviation Festival edit

  • Valmierietis glider

van Dusen edit

(William van Dusen)

  • van Dusen amphibian glidersic

Vanags edit

(Latvia)

  • Vanags (glider)

Varoga-Počkaj edit

(Aleš Varoga - Duša Počkaj)

  • Varoga-Počkaj glider

Vasquez (glider constructor) edit

  • Vásquez Pampero

Vaughn edit

(Horace Vaughn)

  • Vaughan 1909 glider

Vaysse edit

(Pierre Vaysse)

  • Vaysse TCV-01 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse TCV-02 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse TCV-03 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse GEP-10 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse Trapanelle

VEF edit

(Eizens Delle / Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika - State Electrotechnical Factory)

  • VEF-1

Vekchine edit

(G. D. Vekchine)

  • Vekchine 1910 glider

Verrimst-Maneyrol edit

(Robert Verrimst & Alexis Maneyrol)

  • Verrimst-Maneyrol 1922 glider

Vetterli edit

(Ernst Vetterli)

  • Vetterli Sperber

VFW-Fokker edit

(VFW-Fokker GmbH)

VG (glider constructor) edit

  • VG-151

Viana (glider constructor) edit

  • Viana (glider)

Viesturs (glider constructor) edit

  • Viesturs (glider)

Vila edit

(Eliseo Vila)

  • Vila Mainene 1

Villacampa-Hospital-Pérez-Panzano edit

(Vicente de Antonio Villacampa & José María Hospital & Jaime Julve Pérez & Antonio Panzano / Escuela de Aeromodelisme, Alerre)

  • Aeropijolo

Vine edit

(S.W. Vine, Krugersdorp, Traansval)

  • Vine 1930 glider[2]

Vinklar edit

(Karel VINKLAR & Josef ŠVÉBIŠ)

  • Vinklar Polydor

Vlaicu edit

(Aurel Vlaicu)

  • Vlaicu 1909 glider

VMA edit

Voepel edit

  • Voepel Schulgleiter tailless primary

Vogt edit

Voisin edit

(Appareils d'Aviation Les Frères Voisin - Gabriel Voisin & Charles Voisin)

  • Voisin LV-104

Voříšek edit

(Jaroslav Voříšek)

  • Voříšek Sup

VSM edit

(Ladislav Smerček / Vývojová Skupina Morava)

  • VSM-40 Démant

VSR Musachevo edit

(Panov & Panchovsky)

  • VSR Musachevo Jastreb[3]

VTRZ Jastreb edit

  • VTRZ Jastreb H-49 Split
  • VTRZ Jastreb Roda

Vuillemenot edit

(Roger Vuillemenot)

  • Vuillemenot AE-11
  • Vuillemenot AE-12
  • Vuillemenot AE-15
  • Vuillemenot AE-15 Motoplaneur
  • Vuillemenot Biplace

VSB edit

(Vysokoškolského Sportu Brno)

  • VSB-35 Žebravý – OŠTÁDAL, Václav & GoIdy, J.
  • VSB-37 - OŠTÁDAL, Václav
  • VSB-62 Mazlik aka Vega
  • VSB-66 Orlice

VTC edit

(Vazduhoplovno Tehnicki Centar, Vrsac)

Vyskočil edit

(Jaroslav Vyskočil)

  • Vyskočil VŠ-504 Hemelice

VZ (glider constructor) edit

(VZ - Novi Sad Roda)

  • VZ Jastreb

Notes edit

  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ "1931 | 0205 | Flight Archive". Flight: 189. 27 February 1931. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ^ Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 40–41.

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