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This is a list of gliders/sailplanes 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.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

Australian miscellaneous constructors

• Andrews 1930 Glider – Kenneth Edwin Andrews
• Armytage 1929 glider – Norman Armytage
• Barbat-Dunn-Rigby GBDR
• Brookes 1919 glider – Wilfred Brookes
• Brown Two Seater – Vincent Brown & STC-GC (Sydney Technical College Gliding Club)
• Buchanan Ricochet – John Buchanan
• Butterworth-Ypinazar Primary
• Clarkson 1930
• Davies-Nicholls Primary
• Degrandi Dresden – DeGrandi, Howard V.
• Degrandi Slope Soarer – DeGrandi, Howard V.
• Dehn Ringwing – Dehn, Karl
• Free Flight Hornet 130s – Free Flight Aviation Pty. Ltd.
• GCSA Lark – Shackleton, William Stancliffe – GCSA (Gliding Club of South Australia) & BRADLEY, Harold
• Halloran-Wedd Mayfly – Halloran, Clyde & Wedd, William G.
• Handcock 1930 glider – Handcock, William Arthur
• Hinkler 1912 glider - John Louis Hinkler (Bert)
• Iggulden Bluebird – Iggulden, William Palmer & Iggulden, Jack
• Iggulden Tandem 1929
• Iggulden Termagent 3
• Lessing glider - Lessing, Kurt
• Joey (glider)
• Zephyrus – Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club (Victoria, Australia)
• Marsch PG-2 – Marsch, J. C.
• Marsch Seaplane – Marsch, J. C.
• Moyes Tempest – Bob Bailey, produced by Moyes Microlights
• Pascoe EP1 Spruce Goose
• Pelican 2
• Pelton Bat – Pelton, Alfred Paul
• Pelton Bronzewing – Pelton, Alfred Paul
• Pelton ground training machine – Pelton, Alfred Paul
• Pelton Hawk – Pelton, Alfred Paul
• Phoenix (glider)
• Pratt 1929 glider – Pratt, Percival Justin
• Pratt Stunter – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
• Pratt Two Seater – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
• Pratt Utility – Pratt, Percival Justin – AMSCO (Aircraft Manufactory and Supply Company)
• Richardson Golden Eagle – Geoff Richardson
• Roberts Primary
• Saint Louis XCG-5
• Saint Louis XCG-6
• Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra two-seat training glider
• Schneider ES-54 Gnome
• Schneider ES-56 Nymph
• Schneider ES-57 Kingfisher
• Schneider ES-59 Arrow
• Schneider ES-60 Boomerang and ES-60B Super Arrow
• Schneider ES-65 Platypus two-seats, side-by-side
• SUE-1
• SUT-1 – (Sydney University Trainer 1) – Sydney University Gliding Club
• SUT-2 – (Sydney University Trainer 2) – Sydney University Gliding Club
• Sylvander Glider - Sylvander, Victor B. (1913); A 27-foot wingspan Chanute-type biplane glider
• Taylor-Moore 1931 – Taylor, Lewis & Moore, Ted
• Thomas Primary 1930 – Thomas, R. R.
• van Dusen amphibious glider
• Warner Brolga – Warner, Martin
• Warner-Campbell Kite 1 – Warner, Martin & Campbell, Allan J.
• Warner Kite 2 – Warner, Martin
• Wikner Golden Sparrow – Wikner, Geoffrey Neville
• Wikner-Lindner Secondary – Wikner, Geoffrey Neville
• Wishart 1930 glider – Wishart, Alfred William

Notes

1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
2. "j2mcL Planeurs - Lessing". j2mcL Planeurs. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
3. "The Museum's Latest Acquisition - The Lessing Glider" (PDF). Australian Gliding Museum Newsletter (7): 3–4, 7.
4. Craddock, David A. (1989). Wood, Wire and Calico: A Chronology of Australian Designed Gliders, Sailplanes and Human-Powered Aircraft (PDF) (2nd ed.). Fast Books. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0731683005.

Further reading

External links

• Lists of glider aircraft