This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists most 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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Váhala-Pleško

(Hubert Váhala & Štefan Pleško / Dílny PO MLL Sodomka, Vysoké Mýto, Pardubice, Bohemia)

  • Váhala-Pleško VP-1 Jánošík

Váhaly-Sands

(H. Váhaly & S. Sands)

  • Váhaly-Sands Jánošík

Vakhmistrov-Tikhonravov

(V. Vakhmistrov & M. Tikhonravov)

  • Vakhmistrov-Tikhonravov Dragon

Valentin

(Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH / Valentin GmbH Geräte und Maschinebau)

Valette

(Aimé Valette)

  • Valette 1922 glider

Valk

(Solomon Fedorovitch Valk / Nikitin)

Valmiera Aviation Festival

  • Valmierietis glider

van Dusen

(William van Dusen)

  • van Dusen amphibian glidersic

Vanags

(Latvia)

  • Vanags (glider)

Varoga-Počkaj

(Aleš Varoga - Duša Počkaj)

  • Varoga-Počkaj glider

Vasquez (glider constructor)

  • Vásquez Pampero

Vaughn

(Horace Vaughn)

  • Vaughan 1909 glider

Vaysse

(Pierre Vaysse)

  • Vaysse TCV-01 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse TCV-02 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse TCV-03 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse GEP-10 Trucavaysse
  • Vaysse Trapanelle

VEF

(Eizens Delle / Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika - State Electrotechnical Factory)

  • VEF-1

Vekchine

(G. D. Vekchine)

  • Vekchine 1910 glider

Verrimst-Maneyrol

(Robert Verrimst & Alexis Maneyrol)

  • Verrimst-Maneyrol 1922 glider

Vetterli

(Ernst Vetterli)

  • Vetterli Sperber

VFW-Fokker

(VFW-Fokker GmbH)

VG (glider constructor)

  • VG-151

Viana (glider constructor)

  • Viana (glider)

Viesturs (glider constructor)

  • Viesturs (glider)

Vila

(Eliseo Vila)

  • Vila Mainene 1

Villacampa-Hospital-Pérez-Panzano

(Vicente de Antonio Villacampa & José María Hospital & Jaime Julve Pérez & Antonio Panzano / Escuela de Aeromodelisme, Alerre)

  • Aeropijolo

Vine

(S.W. Vine, Krugersdorp, Traansval)

  • Vine 1930 glider[2]

Vinklar

(Karel VINKLAR & Josef ŠVÉBIŠ)

  • Vinklar Polydor

Vlaicu

(Aurel Vlaicu)

  • Vlaicu 1909 glider

VMA

Voepel

  • Voepel Schulgleiter tailless primary

Vogt

Voisin

(Appareils d'Aviation Les Frères Voisin - Gabriel Voisin & Charles Voisin)

  • Voisin LV-104

Voříšek

(Jaroslav Voříšek)

  • Voříšek Sup

VSM

(Ladislav Smerček / Vývojová Skupina Morava)

  • VSM-40 Démant

VSR Musachevo

(Panov & Panchovsky)

  • VSR Musachevo Jastreb[3]

VTRZ Jastreb

  • VTRZ Jastreb H-49 Split
  • VTRZ Jastreb Roda

Vuillemenot

(Roger Vuillemenot)

  • Vuillemenot AE-11
  • Vuillemenot AE-12
  • Vuillemenot AE-15
  • Vuillemenot AE-15 Motoplaneur
  • Vuillemenot Biplace

VSB

(Vysokoškolského Sportu Brno)

  • VSB-35 Žebravý – OŠTÁDAL, Václav & GoIdy, J.
  • VSB-37 - OŠTÁDAL, Václav
  • VSB-62 Mazlik aka Vega
  • VSB-66 Orlice

VTC

(Vazduhoplovno Tehnicki Centar, Vrsac)

Vyskočil

(Jaroslav Vyskočil)

  • Vyskočil VŠ-504 Hemelice

VZ (glider constructor)

(VZ - Novi Sad Roda)

  • VZ Jastreb

Notes

  1. ↑ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "1931 | 0205 | Flight Archive". Flight: 189. 27 February 1931. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 40–41.

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