List of British gliders

This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available) Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.

British miscellaneous constructors

• Aeronca C-2 glider
• Airdisco Phi-Phi – Aircraft Disposal Company
• Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.52G
• Birmingham Guild BG-100
• Birmingham Guild BG-135
• Bolton 1932
• Bramingham 1934
• Breeze Oozle Bird
• Bristol Glider (1910)
• Broburn Wanderlust – Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley
• Brokker (glider)
• Brown 1931 glider
• Chard Osprey – Keith Chard
• Cody UK Aircraft n°1 glider
• Colditz Cock
• Cramlington Cramcraft – Cramlington Aircraft Ltd
• Czerwiński-Shenstone Harbinger – Beverley Shenstone and Waclaw Czerwiński
• Davies Glider-1
• Davies Glider-2
• Davis-Costin Condor
• Davis Condor 2
• de Havilland DH.52 – de Havilland Aircraft Co
• Dickson Primary - Devon Gliding Club
• Dorsling 1932 glider – Dorset Gliding Club
• Dunning 1934 glider – Dunning, Southdown Gliding Club
• Edgley EA-9 Optimist – ESL (Edgley Sailplanes Ltd) & EAL (Edgley Aeronautics Ltd) – Edgley, John
• Eggleton 1912
• Enser Mk.1 – Enser, F.G.
• Etheridge 1933 – Day, S. & Etheridge, C. & Etheridge, P.
• Europa MG – Europa Management Ltd
• Farrar-McFarlane biplace – Farrar, D. J. & McFarlane, L. G.
• Gardner Cumulus – Gardner, L.
• Ginn-Lesniak Kestrel – Ginn, Vic & Lesniak – London Gliding Club, Dunstable
• Godwin Two-seater glider – Godwin, C. G.
• Gordon England 1922 glider – Gordon England, E. C – Georges England Ltd, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
• Handasyde 1922 glider – Handasyde, G.A. & Raynham, F. P. & Camm, Sydney – Air Navigation Co, Addlestone, Vhertsey, Surrey
• Handley Page glider 1909
• Hewitt 1909 glider- Hewitt, V. V. D.
• Hick Merlin – Hick, W. Eddie, Newcastle Gliding Club
• Holdsworth 1929 glider – Holdsworth, H.
• Holdsworth 1931 glider – Holdsworth, H.
• Holmes KH-1 – Kenneth Holmes
• Hulton 1969 hang glider
• IOW Club glider – Isle of Wight gliding club
• Jefferson 1933 glider – Jefferson, G. Fearnville Grove, Roundhay, Leeds
• Keith-Weiss Aviette – Keith, Alexander & WEISS, José
• Kenilworth Me7
• KL biplane glider
• Latimer-Needham Albatross – Latimer-Needham, C. H. – R.F.D. Co, Guilford
• Lee-Richards 1912 glider
• Leeming L.P.W.
• Lightwing Type 4 Rooster
• Liverpuffin – Sherwin – man-powered glider
• Lowe-Wylde Columbus – Lowe-Wylde, Charles H.
• McAvoy MPA-1 – man-powered aircraft
• McIntyre Airglow – Mac Intyre, John & Mac Intyre, Mark
• Merriam 1922 glider – Merriam, Capt F. W.
• Midland Sailplane – Midland Gliding Club
• Miles M.76 Durestos Glider Wing – F.G. Miles Ltd.
• Monk Pegasus
• Moore Gypsy – The Birmingham Guild Ltd.
• Mulliners Aeroplane
• Norfolk 1936 glider – Norfolk Gliding Club, Skeyton
• Nyborg T.G.N.1 – Nyborg T. G.
• Oxford Club 1930 glider – Oxford Gliding Club
• Payne Granta – Payne, A. G.
• Payne I.C.1 – Payne, J. H. – Imperial College, London
• Peak 100 – The Bedford Sailplane Design Group – Peak Sailplanes Ltd.
• Peak 200 – Mitchelmore, P.
• Penrose Pegasus – Penrose, Harald J.
• Perkins Reluctant Phoenix – Perkins, Daniel – man-powered aircraft
• Porte-Pirie 1909 glider – John Cyrill Porte and Pirie
• Puffin 1 – man-powered aircraft
• Puffin 2 – man-powered aircraft
• Radlock Trainer – Raddings, J. E. & Locke, W. E. – Hull Gliding Club, Hedon, Yorkshire
• Reid Small Glider – Reid, J. A. I.
• Renaut Primary
• Reynard R.4 Primary – Reynard, – Reynard Glider Construction Co, Aylestone, Leicester
• Reynolds R.4 Primary
• Ridley 1910 glider – Ridley, C.
• Robertson Bamboo – Robertson, A.
• Ryley Dragon-Fly 1914 – Ryley, Leslie G. – Ryley, Leslie G., Coventry Aero Club
• Sayers SCW – Sayers, W. H. & Courtney, & Wright – Central Aircraft Company
• Searby Special – Searby, H. A.
• Sellars KJS-1 – Sellars, J. L. & Jordan, K.
• Shackleton Lark – Shackleton, William Stancliffe
• Sigma
• Smith Norbet 1923
• Southdown Aero Services Colditz Cock replica
• Sproule-Ivanoff Camel – Sproule, J. S. & Ivanoff, A. – Scott Light Aircraft Ltd
• Stedman TS-1 City of Leeds – Stedman, R. F. – Stedman R. F. / Bradford & County Gliding Club
• Swales SD3-15 – Swales Developments
• Technicair Trainee – Technicair Ltd. Heston, Middlesex
• Timmins 1930 glider – Timmins, Dennis
• To Phoenix Inflatable – To, Frederick E. – Phoenix Team – Man powered aircraft
• Toucan 1 – Hertfordshire Pedal Aeronauts – man powered aircraft
• Turkey Buzzard
• Vaughan 1909 glider – Vaughn, Horace
• Watson-Northrop 1929 – Watson, J. P.
• Wenham Multiplane 1858
• Westmacott Skylark – Westmacott, R. J. & Westmacott, K.
• Wilkinson Mk 1
• Wilkinson Mk 2
• Wright Falcon
• Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-53 Sovereign
• Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-55 Consort

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