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.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

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d'André

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D'Otreppe

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(Bernard D'Otreppe)

Daams

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(Fred Daams)

Daimler

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

Danieli

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DAR

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(Drjavna Aeroplane RobotilnitsaДАР Държавната аеропланна работилница)

Darmstadt

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(Darmstädter Flugsport-Vereinigung)

Dansk Aero

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(Dansk Aero Verkstad)

Dart

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(Dart Aircraft Ltd)

Dart

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(Bob Dart)

Davies

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Davies-Nicholls

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(Ken Davies & Alf Nicholls)

Davis-Costin

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(P. Davis & F. Costin)

de Beaurein-John

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(Janusz de Beaurein & Edmund John)

de Glymes

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

de Havilland

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(de Havilland Aircraft Co)

de Havilland Australia

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(de Havilland Aircraft Co)

de Monge

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(Louis de Monge & Daniel Montague)

de Rouge

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(Charles de Rouge)

Degasperi

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(Luis E. Degasperi)

Degrandi

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(Howard V. DeGrandi)

Dehn

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(Karl Dehn)

Delanne

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(Maurice Delanne)

Delone

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(N.B. Delone)

Delta Sailplane Corporation

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Démouveaux

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Descole

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(Ovidio Descole)

Dessau

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(Dessau F.V / Maschinenbau-Schule Dessau)

Detroit

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(Detroit Aircraft Corporation)

Detter

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Devon Gliding Club

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Dewoitine

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DFS

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

DG

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(DG Flugzeugbau GmbH)

Diamond Aircraft

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

Diana Sailplanes

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Dieder

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(Ormand Dieder)

Diessner

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Distar Air

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Dittmar

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

Djurin

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Dobahov

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Dobrovolski

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(S. P. Dobrovloski)

Dohnálek

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Doktor Fiberglas

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(Ursula Hanle)

Domenjoz

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(John Auguste Domenjoz)

Domrachev

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(Y. V. Domrachev)

Dorset Gliding Club

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DOSAAF

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

Douglas

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(Douglas Aircraft Company)

Drzewiecki

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(Jerzy Drzewiecki / Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze)

DSK

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

DTGL

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(Gian Luigi Della Torre)

DuPont

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(Richard DuPont)

Dunne

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(J. W. Dunne)

Dunning

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(Dunning / Southdown Gliding Club)

Dunstable

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(Dunstable Sailplane co.)

Dvořáček

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(Břetislav Dvořáček)

Dzelzcelnieks

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Działowski

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(Stanislaw Dzalialowski & Mieczyslaw Dzalialowski)

Notes

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  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.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "DAR Zdravka Toprakchiev". Team J2mcL. 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
  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. ^ a b 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.

Further reading

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