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.

L

La Mouette

(Hang gliders - Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France)

L.A.D.

(Light Aircraft Development Co.)

Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin

  • Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin 1915 glider[2]

Lagasse

(Jean-René Lagasse)

  • Lagasse 1901 glider
  • Lagasse Cruiser
  • Lagasse Éole A
  • Lagasse Éole B
  • Lagasse R-4
  • Lagasse R-9
  • Lagasse Simplex
  • Lagasse Sulky
  • Lagasse Sulky-Biplace

Laister

( Jack W. Laister / Laister-Kauffmann)

LAK

(LAK – Lietuviška Aviacinė Konstrukcija / (some production by ESAG – Eksperimentine Sportines Aviacijos Gamykla)

Lampich

(Ãrpád Lampich / Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr)

Lamson

(Phil Lamson)

Lamson

(Robert Lamson)

Landmann

(Hermann Landmann – Institut für Flugzeugkonstruktion der Technischen Hochschule Dresden)

  • Landmann Jupp
  • Landmann La-03
  • Landmann La-06
  • Landmann LA-16 V-1 Lerche
  • Landmann LA-16 V-2 Heidelerche
  • Landmann LA-17
  • Krüger Schlägel und Eisen – Hermann Landmann & Nowack

Landes-Derouin

(Landes Frères & Derouin - Robert Landes, Théo Landes and Derouin / Louis Bréguet)

  • Landes-Derouin
  • Landes Oiseau Bleu
  • Landes-Bréguet Mouette

Lange

Langhammer

(Egon Scheibe / Bitz-Linner-Zoller)

  • Langhammer L-10 Libelle

Langley

(Ernest Langley)

  • Langley Sailplane

Larson

  • Larson Utility

Latimer-Needham

(C. H. Latimer-Needham / R.F.D. Co, Guilford)

Latvian Aero Club Olaine

  • Vanadzins

Laubenthal

(Paul Laubenthal)

Lauk

(Peep Lauk – Estonia)

  • Lauk Flying Wing – Estonia – Lauk, Peep

Launics

(Fricis Launics / 48th Glider Aviator Group, Krustpils (LU))

  • Launics Krustpilietis

Lawrence

(L.W. Lawrence)

  • Lawrence Water Glider

Lazarov

(Tzvetan Lazarov / DAR (Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnica) - Bozurishte, Bulgaria)

  • Lazarov Polkovnik Drangov (Лазаров Дрангов)

LCF

(Luftsport-Club Friedrichshafen)

le Bris

(Jean-Marie le Bris)

  • le Bris Aéro-Voilier
  • le Bris Albatros
  • le Bris La Barque Ailée

Lee-Richards

(Cedric Lee & G. Tilghman Richards / annular wing patent from G.J.A. Kitchen, Williband Franz Zelger and Isaac Henry Storey)

Leeming

(John Fishwick LEEMING, Clement WOOD & Tom PRINCE)

  • Leeming LPW

Leffler-MacFarlane

(Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer)

Lefort

(Lucien Lefort)

  • Lefort Triplan

Leonard

(Bob Leonard)

Leonard

(Whitmar Leonard / Leonard Motorless Aircraft, 32 Crescent Street, N.w., Grand Rapids, Michigan)

Leroy

(G. Leroy (Professeur Technique à l'École Professionelle d'Évreux)/ Aéroc-Club de l'Eure)

  • Leroy MP-30-CV
  • Leroy Motoplaneur

Lesh-Wulpi

(Lawrence J. Lesh & James M. Wulpi)

  • Lesh 1907
  • Lesh-Wulpi 1908 glider

Letov

Let Kunovice

LETOV

(LETOV - Yugoslavia)

  • LETOV Cavka
  • LETOV Jastreb 54
  • LETOV KB-1 Triglav I
  • LETOV K2A Triglav II
  • LETOV KB-2 Udarnik
  • LETOV KB-3 Triglav III
  • LETOV KB-5 Jadran
  • LETOV KB-9
  • LETOV KBI-14 Mačka
  • LETOV (AK-ST-21) 21
  • LETOV (AK-ST-22) 22
  • LETOV Vrabac A

Leyat

(Marcel Leyat / Mr Audra / Association Française Aérienne)

  • Leyat 1909 glider
  • Leyat 1924 glider

LFG

(G. Baatz / Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft, Stralsund)

LIBIS

(Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia)

  • LIBIS-17 – PRHAVC, Jože
  • LIBIS 18
  • LIBIS L-22[5]
  • Libis KB-17 Kondor
  • Libis KB-18

Lightwing

(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee)

Lilienthal

(Otto Lilienthal)

Lindner

(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner)

  • Lindner Phoebus B3[3]

Lippisch

(Alexander Lippisch)

Liwentaal

(Alexandre Liwentaal)

  • Liwentaal Aerostat – Alexandre Liwentaal

LO

(LO-Fluggerätebau)

Loessl (Eugen)

(Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1)

  • Lössl E.v.L.1[8]

Loessl (Ernst)

(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl)

Lohner

(Lohner Flugzeugbau)

  • Lohner-Burchardt III (Wilhelm Burchardt)
  • Lohner-Umlauff Rodelgleiter (Lohner & Hans von Umlauff)
  • Lohner Kress (Leopold Bauer)

Loitron-Delage

(Loitron & Delage)

  • Loitron-Delage 1909 glider

Lombarda

(Aeronautica Lombarda / Camillo Silva)

  • Lombarda AL-3 / Silva AL-3
  • Lombarda GP.1 Pinguino / Pinguino GP.1 (GP – Maurizio Garbell & Ermenegildo Preti)
  • Lombarda GP.2 Asiago / Asiago GP.2
  • Lombarda AL-12P
  • Lombarda A.R.
  • Lombarda Assalto Radioguidato

Lommatzsch

(VEB Apparatebau Lommarzsch, Raubaaerstr. 4, Lommatzsch/Sa. (DDR))

L.O.P.P.

(L.O.P.P. – Liga Obrony Powietrznej i Przeciwgazowej – League of Air and Anti-gas Defence / Icarus)

  • L.O.P.P. Poznan Ikar

Loravia

  • Loravia KV-1[12]
  • Loravia KV-2[13]
  • Loravia KV-3A[14]
  • Loravia KV-4[15]
  • Loravia LCA-10 Topaze[16]
  • Loravia LCA-11 Topaze[17]

Lössl

(Ernst von Lössl)

  • Lössl SB-1 Münchener Eindecker
  • Lössl SB-2
  • Lössl SB-3
  • Lössl E.v.L.1
  • Lössl 1920 Wasserkuppe Glider

Lowe-Wylde

(Charles H. Lowe-Wylde)

  • Lowe-Wylde Columbus

Loyko Tandem L-1

(LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR))

  • Loyko Tandem L-1[18]

Lucas

(Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas)

Luków School

  • Luków School Glider

Lunds Tekniske

  • Lunds Tekniske Silhiuette

Lünger-Kohler

(Hans Lünger & Josef Kohler)

  • Lünger-Kohler Beta 1

Lush

(Vladimir S. Lush)

  • Lush Swift

Lüty

(Paul Lüty / Sportflugzeugbau, Hülserstrasse 398, Krefeld)

  • Luty Ly-542 K Stösser

Lutz

(Werner Lutz)

  • Lutz Welu-48

LWL

(Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze – Lwów Aviation Workshops)

  • P.W.S.101
  • P.W.S.102 Rekin (Shark)
  • P.W.S.103

Lwowskich Uczniów

(Kazimierz Baszniak, Wlodzimierz Siemiuła & Aleksander Sokalski)

  • Lwowskich Uczniów 1910 glider

Lyushin Maori

(S. N. Lyushin)

  • Lyushin Maori – S. N. Lyushin

Notes

  1. ↑ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur M. (January 2002). French aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. ISBN 1891268090.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2
  4. ↑ Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. pp. 37-42. ISBN 978-0312289270.
  5. ↑ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  6. ↑ John W.R. Taylor, ed. (1987). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 9780710608505.
  7. ↑ Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1988). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1988-89. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.
  8. ↑ "Lössl E.v.L.1". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Loessl SB-2". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  10. 1 2 Langsdorff, Werner von (1931). Das Segelflugzeug (in German). München: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag.
  11. ↑ "Loessl SB-3". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2009-12-30. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Loravia KV-1". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Loravia KV-2". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Loravia KV-3A". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Loravia KV-4". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "Loravia LCA-10 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  17. ↑ "Loravia LCA-11 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  18. ↑ "Loyko Tandem L-1". j2mcl-planeurs (in French). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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