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.

D

d'André

  • d'André Aérovoile (1908 glider)

D'Otreppe

(Bernard D'Otreppe)

  • D'Otreppe biplane hang glider[2]

Daams

(Fred Daams)

  • Daams Falcon

Daimler

(Hans Klemm / Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft Werke - Daimler Aircraft Company)

Danieli

DAR

(Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa – ДАР Държавната аеропланна работилница)

  • DAR Albatros Albatros
  • DAR Chuchuliga Chuchuliga
  • DAR Rilski Orel Rilski Orel[3]
  • DAR Zdravka Toprakchiev – ДАР Здравка Топракчиев[4]
  • DAR Zdravka Vekilski – ДАР Здравка Векилски
  • Lazarov Drangov – Zvetan Lazarov

Darmstadt

(Darmstädter Flugsport-Vereinigung)

  • Darmstadt FSV-2
  • Darmstadt FSV-2c
  • Darmstadt FSV-8
  • Darmstadt FSV-X

Dansk Aero

(Dansk Aero Verkstad)

  • Dansk Aero 2G

Dart

(Dart Aircraft Ltd)

Dart

(Bob Dart)

Davies

  • Davies Glider-1
  • Davies Glider-2

Davies-Nicholls

(Ken Davies & Alf Nicholls)

  • Davies-Nicholls Primary

Davis-Costin

(P. Davis & F. Costin)

de Beaurein-John

(Janusz de Beaurein & Edmund John)

  • de Beaurein-John 1909 glider[5]

de Glymes

(de Glymes / SABCA - Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques)

  • de Glymes Colanhan[6]

de Havilland

(de Havilland Aircraft Co)

de Havilland Australia

(de Havilland Aircraft Co)

de Monge

(Louis de Monge & Daniel Montague)

  • de Monge DMP-1

de Rouge

(Charles de Rouge)

  • de Rougé Elytroplan Sigma

Degasperi

(Luis E. Degasperi)

  • Degásperi Primario

Degrandi

(Howard V. DeGrandi)

  • Degrandi Slope Soarer

Dehn

(Karl Dehn)

  • Dehn Ringwing

Delanne

(Maurice Delanne)

Delone

(N.B. Delone)

  • Delone 1909 glider – Делоне 1909

Delta Sailplane Corporation

Démouveaux

  • Démouveaux Aviator 1901

Descole

(Ovidio Descole)

  • Descole Tío Pelado

Dessau

(Dessau F.V / Maschinenbau-Schule Dessau)

  • Dessau Agfa

Detroit

(Detroit Aircraft Corporation)

Detter

  • Detter zmaj

Devon Gliding Club

  • Dickson Primary

Dewoitine

DFS

(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug – German research institute for gliders)

DG

(DG Flugzeugbau GmbH)

Diamond Aircraft

(HOAC AG / Wolf Hoffmann Flugzeugbau AG / Diamond Aircraft Industries)

Diana Sailplanes

Dieder

(Ormand Dieder)

  • Dieder glider

Diessner

  • Diessner MD-1

Distar Air

Dittmar

(Flugzeugbau Heini Dittmar) (The Condor series were built by several manufacturers)

Djurin

  • Djurin Komarac I (Ustvari motorizovana Cavka - motorized Cavka glider)

Dobahov

  • Dobahov Krymosoaviahim (Добахов)

Dobrovolski

(S. P. Dobrovloski)

  • Dobrovolski 1911

Dohnálek

  • Dohnálek D-1 Exp. 1922
  • Dohnálek D-3 Tyny 1925
  • Dohnálek Nina 1925

Doktor Fiberglas

(Ursula Hanle)

  • Doktor Fiberglas H 101 Salto[7]

Domenjoz

(John Auguste Domenjoz)

  • Domenjoz glider
  • Domenjoz Planeur-Voilier[8]

Domrachev

(Y. V. Domrachev)

  • Domrachev Leningrad – (Домрачева Ленинград)

Dorset Gliding Club

  • Dorsling 1932 glider

DOSAAF

(DOSAAF - Dobrovol'noe Obschestvo Sodesystviya Armii Aviatcii i Flotu - voluntary society for assistance to the army air force and navy)

  • DOSAAF Aktivista

Douglas

(Douglas Aircraft Company)

Drzewiecki

(Jerzy Drzewiecki / Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze)

  • Drzewiecki SL-2 Czarny Kot – Second Polish Glider Contest No.6 17 May – 15 June 1925

DSK

(Duster Sailplane Kits / Ben Jansson and H. Einar Thor)

DTGL

(Gian Luigi Della Torre)

DuPont

(Richard DuPont)

  • DuPont Utility

Dunne

(J. W. Dunne)

Dunning

(Dunning / Southdown Gliding Club)

Dunstable

(Dunstable Sailplane co.)

  • Dunstable 1939 glider – Dunstable Sailplane Company
  • Dunstable Devil – Dunstable Sailplane Company
  • Dunstable Hyper-Hols – Dunstable Sailplane Company
  • Dunstable Kestrel
  • Dunstable Primary
  • Dunstable Golden Eagle
  • Dunstable Goshawk

Dvořáček

(Břetislav Dvořáček)

  • Dvořáček BDV-2

Dzelzcelnieks

  • Dzelzcelnieks glider
  • Dzelzcelnieks II
  • Dzelzcelnieks III

Działowski

(Stanislaw Dzalialowski & Mieczyslaw Dzalialowski)

Notes

  1. ↑ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "François Goethals and Bernard D'Otreppe". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "DAR Rilski Orel". Team J2mcL. 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "DAR Zdravka Toprakchiev". Team J2mcL. 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893–1939. London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-370-00085-5.
  6. ↑ "De Glymes glider O-BAFR". Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 Lambert, Mark; Munson, Kenneth; Taylor, Michael J.H., eds. (1991). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1991-92 (82nd ed.). Coulson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710609656.
  8. ↑ "Domenjoz Planeur-Voilier". Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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