List of gliders (W)

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.

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W.W.S.

(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe – military glider workshops)

Waco

Wagener

(H. Wagener)

Waibel-Butler

(Gerhard Waibel & Dick Butler & Loek Boermans & Johannes Dillinger)

Walker

(Sam Walker)

Wallisa

(Józef Walis)

Walters

(Fred Walters)

Walther

(Don Walther of Christchurch, New Zealand )

Warczewski

(J. Warczewski – No.16 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925)

Warner

(Martin Warner & Allan J. Campbell)

Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum

(Chrzanowski-Gymnasiums in Warszawa)

Wassmer

(Ets. Benjamin Wassmer / Wassmer Aviation SA)

Watson-Northrop

(J.P. Watson & Jack Northrop)

Weber

(Ernst Weber)

Weber-Landolf-Münch

Weiss

(José Weiss)

Weltensegler

(Weltensegler G.m.b.H)

Wenham (glider constructor)

Westmacott

(R. J. Westmacott & K. Westmacott)

Wezel

(Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik)

Whigham

(Eugene Whigham)

Whisper

(Whisper Aircraft)

Whitehead

(Gustave Whitehead, née Weiskopf)

Widmaier

(Kuno Widmaier / IPE - Industria Paranaense de Estruturas)

Widmer

(Hans Widmer / Matheus Avallone SOBRINHO & Kurt HENDRICH)

Wiederkehr

Wiesner

(Jaroslav Wiesner)

Wikner

(Geoffrey Neville Wikner)

Wilkes (glider constructor)

Wilkinson (glider constructor)

Wimmer-Dewald

(Josef Immer & Alexander Dewald)

Wind

(Willy Wind)

Windward Performance

(Greg Cole)

Wishart

(Alfred William Wishart)

WLM

(WLM Flugingenieure / Rudolf Sägesser / Isler & Co, Wildegg / H. Sägesser, Flugzeugbbau, Herzogenbuchsee)

Wright

(Peter W. Wright)

Wright Bros.

(Wilbur & Orville Wright)

WS

(Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops)

WWS

(Wiegand und Wisser Sportflugzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG)

Notes

  1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ZUERL, HUBERT (1955). Deutsche Segelflugzeuge (einschl. Motorsegler und Muster der Bundesrepublik Österreich) (PDF) (in German). MÜNCHEN: Aero-Verlag. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2

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