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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(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe – military glider workshops)

(H. Wagener)

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

(Sam Walker)

(Józef Walis)

  • Wallisa S-I (Willis S.1 or Walis S-1) No.18 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
  • Wallisa S-III No.19 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

(Fred Walters)

(Don Walther of Christchurch, New Zealand )

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

(Martin Warner & Allan J. Campbell)

(Chrzanowski-Gymnasiums in Warszawa)

(Ets. Benjamin Wassmer / Wassmer Aviation SA)

(J.P. Watson & Jack Northrop)

(Ernst Weber)

(Günther Weber - East Germany [DDR - Deutsches Demokratische Republik])

(José Weiss)

(Weltensegler G.m.b.H)

(R. J. Westmacott & K. Westmacott)

(Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik)

(Eugene Whigham)

(Whisper Aircraft)

(Gustave Whitehead, née Weiskopf)

(Kuno Widmaier / IPE - Industria Paranaense de Estruturas)

(Hans Widmer / Matheus Avallone Sobrinho & Kurt Hendrich)

(Jaroslav Wiesner)

(Geoffrey Neville Wikner)

(Josef Immer & Alexander Dewald)

(Willy Wind)

(Greg Cole)

(Alfred William Wishart)

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

(Peter W. Wright)

(Wilbur & Orville Wright)

(Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops)

(Wiegand und Wisser Sportflugzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG)

Notes

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. 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

Further reading

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