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.

W

W.W.S.

(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe – military glider workshops)

Waco

Wagener

(H. Wagener)

  • Wagener H.F.V. 17 Pirat

Waibel-Butler

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

  • Waibel-Butler Concordia

Walker

(Sam Walker)

  • Walker Aria

Wallisa

(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

Walters

(Fred Walters)

  • Walters Sinbad I

Walther

(Don Walther of Christchurch, New Zealand )

  • Walther Boffin-Coffin

Warczewski

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

  • Mechanik (glider) (Mechanic)

Warner

(Martin Warner & Allan J. Campbell)

  • Warner Brolga
  • Warner Kite 2
  • Warner-Campbell Kite 1

Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum

(Chrzanowski-Gymnasiums in Warszawa)

  • Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum glider

Wassmer

(Ets. Benjamin Wassmer / Wassmer Aviation SA)

Watson-Northrop

(J.P. Watson & Jack Northrop)

  • Watson-Northrop 1929 glider

Weber

(Ernst Weber)

  • Weber EW-1 – ANDRÖS, & MÜLLER
  • Weber EW-2
  • Weber EW-3 Libelle
  • Weber EW-18
  • Weber 108-16 RLM designation for EW-2

Weber

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

  • Weber We-3 1971
  • Weber We-4 1964

Weber-Landholf-Münch

Weiss

(José Weiss)

  • Weiss 1914 glider
  • Weiss Joker
  • Weiss Olive

Weltensegler

(Weltensegler G.m.b.H)

  • Weltensegler Feldberg aka Strandpromenade ?)
  • Weltensegler Baden-Baden Stolz

Wenham

  • Wenham Multiplane 1858

Westmacott

(R. J. Westmacott & K. Westmacott)

  • Westmacott Skylark

Wezel

(Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik)

Whigham

(Eugene Whigham)

Whisper

(Whisper Aircraft)

Whitehead

(Gustave Whitehead, née Weiskopf)

  • Whitehead 1897 glider

Widmaier

(Kuno Widmaier / IPE - Industria Paranaense de Estruturas)

  • Widmaier GB-1 Quero
  • Widmaier KW-1 Quero Quero
  • Widmaier KW-2 Biguá

Widmer

(Hans Widmer / Matheus Avallone Sobrinho & Kurt Hendrich)

  • Widmer HW-4 Flamengo (Flamingo)

Wiederkehr

Wiesner

(Jaroslav Wiesner)

  • Wiesner Schrudim

Wikner

(Geoffrey Neville Wikner)

  • Wikner Golden Sparrow
  • Wikner-Lindner Secondary

Wilkes

  • Wilkes BMW-1

Wilkinson

  • Wilkinson Mk 1
  • Wilkinson Mk 2

Wimmer-Dewald

(Josef Immer & Alexander Dewald)

  • Wimmer-Dewald Leonardo 2000

Wind

(Willy Wind)

Windward Performance

(Greg Cole)

Wishart

(Alfred William Wishart)

  • Wishart 1930 glider
  • Wishart Biplane glider

WLM

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

  • WLM-1
  • WLM-2

Wright

(Peter W. Wright)

Wright Bros.

(Wilbur & Orville Wright)

  • Wright 1900
  • Wright 1901
  • Wright 1902
  • Wright IV 1911

WS

(Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops)

WWS

(Wiegand und Wisser Sportflugzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG)

  • WWS WM-1

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. 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

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