List of gliders (L)

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)

• La Mouette Atlas
• La Mouette Chronos
• La Mouette Cosmos
• La Mouette O2B
• La Mouette Profil
• La Mouette Revo
• La Mouette Samson
• La Mouette Skybike
• La Mouette Sphinx
• La Mouette Top Model
• La Mouette Topless
• La Mouette Top Secret

L.A.D.

(Light Aircraft Development Co.)

• L.A.D. Mita 3 Kai 1
• L.A.D. SS-2

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)

• Laister Yankee Doodle
• Laister Yankee Doodle 2
• Laister LP-15 Nugget
• Laister LP-46
• Laister LP-49
• Laister Universal 2-Place
• Laister-Kauffmann LK-10
• Laister-Kauffman TG-4
• Laister-Kauffman XCG-10 (Original design – completely different from later XCG-10A)
• Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A Trojan Horse

LAK

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

• LAK-2
• LAK-5 Nemunas (motor glider)[3]
• LAK-8
• LAK-9
• LAK-10 Lietuva[3]
• LAK-11 Nida[3]
• LAK-12 Lietuva
• LAK-12 Lietuva 2R
• LAK-14 Strazdas[3]
• LAK-15
• LAK-16
• LAK-17
• LAK-19
• LAK-20
• Sportinë Aviacija SL-2P (aka Kensgaila VK-7)
• LAK Genesis 2

Lampich

(Ãrpád Lampich / Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr)

• Gyõr-2 (Ã. Lampich)
• Lampich LS-16

Lamson

(Phil Lamson)

• Lamson PL-1 Quark

Lamson

(Robert Lamson)

• Lamson L-106 Alcor

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

• Lange Antares 20E
• Lange Antares 18S/T
• Lange Antares 23E

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)

• Latimer-Needham Albatross

Latvian Aero Club Olaine

• Vanadzins

Laubenthal

(Paul Laubenthal)

• Laubenthal Musterle
• Laubenthal Lore
• Laubenthal Württemberg

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)

• LCF-II

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)

• Lee-Richards 1912 annular biplane glider

Leeming

(John Fishwick LEEMING, Clement WOOD & Tom PRINCE)

• Leeming LPW

Leffler-MacFarlane

(Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer)

• Leffler-MacFarlane LM-1

Lefort

(Lucien Lefort)

• Lefort Triplan

Leonard

(Bob Leonard)

• Leonard Annebula

Leonard

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

• Leonard LPT-1
• Leonard LPT-2

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

• Letov Š-17
• Letov Š-22
• Letov LF-107 Luňák
• Letov XLF-207 Laminar
• Letov KB-9 – SLANOVEC, Marjan
• Letov LG-130 Kmotr
• Letov LD-60-5[4]

Let Kunovice

• LET L-13 Blaník
• LET L-13AC Blanik 13.85m span-aerobatic
• LET L-13J Blanik motorglider
• LET L-21 Spartak - DLOUHI, K.
• LET L-22
• LET L-23 Super Blaník
• LET L-33 Solo - MECIAR, Marian & ZAJIC,V...
• Let LF-109 Pionýr
• Let VT-16 Orlik
• Let VT-116 Orlik II
• Let TG-10

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)

• LFG Boot-Phönix (LFG Phönix / LFG Phönix 3)

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)

• Lightwing Type 4 Rooster
• Lightwing L6FS Mouse[6]
• Lightwing CT6 Companion[7]

Lilienthal

(Otto Lilienthal)

• Lilienthal 1890 glider
• Lilienthal 1893 glider
• Lilienthal 1896 glider
• Lilienthal Derwitzer Glider (1891)
• Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat (1894)
• Lilienthal Standard Doppeldecker Nr 13

Lindner

(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner)

• Lindner Phoebus B3[3]

Lippisch

(Alexander Lippisch)

• Lippisch 1920 biplane glider
• Lippisch Zögling
• Lippisch Prüfling
• Lippisch Delta
• Lippisch Ente
• Lippisch Falke
• Lippisch Storch
• Lippisch Storch II
• Lippisch Storch III
• Lippisch Storch IV
• Lippisch Storch V
• Lippisch Storch VI
• Lippisch Storch VII
• Lippisch Storch VIII Marabu
• Lippisch Grüne Post
• Lippisch Professor
• Lippisch Wien
• Lippisch Fafnir
• Lippisch Urubu OBS
• Lippisch Fafnir 2 (São Paulo)
• Djävlar Anamma (Devil take it)

Liwentaal

(Alexandre Liwentaal)

• Liwentaal Aerostat – Alexandre Liwentaal

LO

(LO-Fluggerätebau)

• LO 120S

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)

• Loessl Sb.1 Münchener
• Loessl Sb.2[9][10]
• Loessl Sb.3[10][11]

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))

• Lommatzsch FES-530 Lehrmeister
• Lommatzsch Lom-55 I Libelle – Heinz Roessing & Landemann
• Lommatzsch Lom-57 Libelle
• Lommatzsch Lom-58 I Libelle Standard
• Lommatzsch Lom-58 II Libelle Laminar
• Lommatzsch Lom-59 Lo-Meise
• Lommatzsch Lom-61 Favorit

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)

• Lucas L-6A

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. French aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. ISBN 1891268090.
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
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. 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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