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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.

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1. K

KAI

(Kazan Aviation Institute – Казанский авиационный институт)

  • KAI-04 – G.H. Vorobyov
  • KAI-6
  • KAI-7
  • KAI-8
  • KAI-9
  • KAI-11
  • KAI-12 Primorets (LF107 Lunak)
  • KAI-14
  • KAI-17 - M.P. Simonov team leader[1]
  • KAI-18
  • KAI-19
  • KAI-50
  • KAI-502

Kaiser

(Rudolf Kaiser)

  • Kaiser Ka-1 Rhönlaus
  • Schleicher Ka-2 Rhönschwalbe
  • Schleicher Ka-3
  • Schleicher Ka-4 Rhönlerche II
  • Kaiser Ka-5
  • Schleicher Ka-6 Rhönsegler
  • Schleicher Ka-6E
  • Schleicher Ka-7 Rhönadler
  • Schleicher Ka-8
  • Kaiser Ka-9
  • Schleicher Ka-10
  • Kaiser K-11

Kalinin OKB

  • Kalinin K-11 – proof of concept glider for K-12 / BS-2 / K-13 tailless airliner / bomber

Kantor-Kurklik

(František Kantor & Karel Kurklik)

  • Racek 3 Möwe
  • Racek-3 Mrkev

Karpinski

  • Karpiński 1929 glider
  • Karpiński SL-1 Akar

Karski

(Julian Karski)

  • Karski 1910 glider
  • Karski 1912 glider

Karvelis

(Balys Karvelis)

  • Karvelis BK-1 Vanagas – Falcon
  • Karvelis BK-2
  • Karvelis BK-3
  • Karvelis BK-4 Kaunas
  • Karvelis BK-5
  • Karvelis BK-6 Neringa
  • Karvelis BK-7 Lietuva[2]
  • Karvelis BK-7A[2]

Kasper

(Witold Kasper)

  • Kasper BKB
  • Kasper Bekas 1-A
  • Kasper Bekas N

Kasprzyk

  • Kasprzyk Salamandra

Kassel

(Segelflugzeugbau Kassel)

  • Kassel 12 – Fieseler Flugzeugbau, Kassel
  • Kassel 20 – Fieseler Flugzeugbau, Kassel
  • Kassel 25 – Fieseler Flugzeugbau, Kassel
  • Kassel 26 – Fieseler Flugzeugbau, Kassel
  • Kassel 28 – Fieseler Flugzeugbau, Kassel
  • Kassel Herkules – Fieseler Flugzeugbau, Kassel
  • Kassel 1926 glider – Fritz Paul

Kayaba

  • Kayaba Ku-1
  • Kayaba Ku-2 (萱场 2 型无尾翼滑翔机)
  • Kayaba Ku-3
  • Kayaba Ku-4
  • Kayaba Model 1b

Kegel

(Kegel-Flugzeugbau Kassel / Max Kegel and Fritz Ackermann using logo AK / renamed Segelflugzeugbau Kassel using logo SK)

  • Kegel I (Max kegel and Fritz Paul)[3]
  • Kegel I Blaue motorglider[4]
  • Kegel III
  • Kegel Zögling - copies or licence-built?

Keihikoki

  • Keihikoki SS-2 – (軽飛行機式 SS-2型上級単座滑空機)

Kelsey

(Frank Kelsey)

  • Kelsey K-16
  • Kelsey Klippety Klop

Kemeny

(Sándor Kemeny / MÁV Istvántelki Fõmûhely, Sportárutermelõ V. (former Aero Ever Ltd.), Esztergom)

  • Kemény K-01
  • Kemény K-02 Szellõ

Kendall

(Hugh Kendall)

  • Kendall K-1
  • Kendall Crabpot

Kenilworth

  • Kenilworth Me7

Kennedy-Watson

(Harold Kennedy and Floyd Watson)

  • Kennedy K-W

Kensgailos

(Vlado Kensgailos)

  • Kensgailos Žuvėdra

Kesselyàk

(Mihály Kesselyak / Workshop of the Airplane Service of the Hungarian Agricultural Ministry, Nyiregyháza)

  • Kesselyàk KM-400

KhAI

(Kharkov Aviation Institute)

  • KhAI-3 Харьков ХАИ-3

Keith-Weiss

(Alexander Keith & José Weiss)

  • Keith-Weiss Aviette

Kimura

(Dr. Hidemasa Kimura)

  • Kimura HK-1

Király-Berkovice

  • Király-Berkovice I

Kirchner

(Wilhelm Kirchner at Kassel / Niederhessischer Verein für Luftfahrt)

  • Kirchner La Pruvo
  • Kirchner Futurum
  • Kirchner Hessenland

Kirigamine

(Kirigamine Glider Manufacturing Co.)

  • Kirigamine K14
  • Kirigamine Mita 3

Kissinger-Crookes

( Curtiss Kissinger, LeRoy Crookes)

  • Kissinger-Crookes Flying Saucer

Kittelberger

(Walter & Karl Kittelberger)

  • Kittelberger WKM-1
  • Kittelberger WKS-2
  • Kittelberger WKS-3
  • Kittelberger WKS-4

Klementyev

(P. Klementyev)

  • Klementyev APS-11

Klobučar

(Viktor Klobučar)

  • Klobučar 1911 glider

Klotz

  • Klotz Moka-1 motor-glider (D-KLBY)[5]

K.L.S.

('Start' Aviation Circle)

  • K.L.S.2 –
  • K.L.S.3 – 'Start' Aviation Circle

Knechtel

(Ing. Wilhelm Knechtel)

  • Knechtel Rhönlerche IIM[2]
  • Knechtel KN-1[2]
  • Knechtel KN-2

Kocjan

(Antoni Kocjan)

  • Kocjan Orlik
  • Kocjan Orlik 2 (USAAC – XTG-7)
  • Kocjan Orlik 3 Olympic Orlik
  • Kocjan Bąk (horse-fly)
  • Kocjan Bąk II
  • Kocjan Bąk II bis
  • Kocjan Czajka I (Lapwing)
  • Kocjan Czajka II
  • Kocjan Czajka III
  • Kocjan Czajka bis
  • Kocjan Komar (Gnat)
  • Kocjan Sokół
  • Kocjan Wrona (Crow)
  • Kocjan Wrona bis
  • Kocjan Sroka (Magpie)
  • Kocjan-Grzeszczyk Mewa
  • Kocjan TG-7 (Orlik 2)

Kodytek

(Josef Kodytek)

  • Kodytek 1925 glider

Köhl

(Hermann Köhl / Koehl)

  • Köhl Ko-1 Nurflügler a.k.a. Koehl Ko-1

Kohler

(Spud Kohler)

  • Kohler Alpha

Kokusai

(Kokusai Koku Aircraft Company)

  • Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru a.k.a. Nihon Kogata Ku-7 Manazura
  • Kokusai Ku-8 a.k.a. Nihon Kogata Ku-8

Kolbányi

  • Kolbányi V

Kolesnikov

(D.N. Kolesnikov)

  • Kolesnikov DK-2 – Колесников ДК-2
  • Kolesnikov DK-3
  • Kolesnikov MKB-2
  • Kolesnikov MKB-4
  • Kolesnikov-Tsybin KTs-20

Komadori

  • Komadori Primary

Königsberg Lüwa III

(Ostpreußischer Verein für Luftfahrt, Königsberg)

  • Königsberg Lüwa III – Ostpreußischer Verein für Luftfahrt, Königsberg

Korolev

(Sergei P. Korolev)

  • Korolev SC-3 Red Star – Королев СК-3 Красная звезда
  • Korolev SK-9 – Королева СК-9
  • Korolev RP-318-1

Konrad

(F. Konrad / Konrad Segelflugzeugbau)

  • Konrad Ko Ro-4

Kopp

  • Kopp Ko III

Kortenbach & Rauh

(designed by Schultes, Seidel and Putz)

  • Kortenbach & Rauh Kora 1

Gilbert Kosellek

(Gilbert Kosellek)

  • Kosellek G-1 Quo Vadis

Koser

(KB – Koser-Branko)

  • Koser-Hrovat KB-1 Triglav Jaroslav Koser & Stojan Hrovat – a.k.a. K2A Triglav
  • Koser KB-2 Udarnik – Cener-Slanovec
  • Koser KB-3 Jadran – Jaroslav Koser – Branko Ivanus Institute, Celovška cesta, Ljubljana
  • Koser KB-5 Triglav II – Jaroslav Koser
  • Koser KB-5 Triglav III – Jaroslav Koser
  • Koser KB-9 Udarnik – Cener-Slanovec

Kostenko-Rauschenbusch

(Костенко-Раушенбах ЛАК-1/2)

  • Kostenko-Rauschenbusch LAK-1
  • Kostenko-Rauschenbusch LAK-2

Kourouvakalis-Pikros

(Platon Kourouvakalis & Costas Pikros)

  • Kourouvakalis-Pikros Anemopsaro[6]

Koutný

(Ladislav Koutný)

  • Koutný Konice 1
  • Koutný Konice 4
  • Koutný EL-KA-II

Kouzakov

(M.A. Kouzakov)

  • Kouzakov MAK-08 – Кузакова МАК -8
  • Kouzakov MAK-12
  • Kouzakov MAK-15
  • Kouzakov MAK-15M
  • Kouzakov MAK-15MP

Kovalenko

  • Kovalenko DR-5

Koželuh

(Štkpt. Koželuh / Dílny 3, leteckého pluku v Nitrě)

  • Koželuh Nitra 1
  • Koželuh Nitra 3

Kráľovič

(Anton Kráľovič)

  • Královič K-7 Úderník

Krekel

(Paul Krekel- Hans H. Hünebeck, Metall- und Rohrbau, Duisburg)

  • Krekel Grille

Kristovskogo

(E. Kristovskogo)

  • Spartakus 1

Kromer

(H. Kromer / Deutscher Fliegerbund, Mähr.-Schönberg)

  • Kromer Mähr-Schönberg S. E. II

Kronfeld

(Robert Kronfeld)

  • Kronfeld Vienna[7]
  • Kronfeld Austria[7]

Krutchkoff

  • Krutchkoff SHP-1 – HP-14 modification

Kryšpín

(Jan Kryšpín / Továrně Avia)

  • Kryšpín JK-1 Perun

Krząkała

(Wiktor Krząkała)

  • Krząkała 1928 glider

Ksoll

(J. Ksoll)

  • Ksoll Breslau
  • Ksoll Galgenvogel I
  • Ksoll Galgenvogel III

Kubicki

(Jan Kubicki)

  • Kubicki Ikub I

Kućfir

(Konrad Kućfir)

  • Kućfir Pirat (Pirate) – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923

Kuffner

(Werner Kuffner / WK-Flugzeugtechnik, Peenemünde, DE)

  • Kuffner WK-1

Kuhelj

(Anton Kuhelj)

  • Kuhelj Inka I
  • Kuhelj Inka Ia
  • Kuhelj Inka II

Küpper

(August Küpper)

  • Küpper Kü 2 Uhu
  • Küpper Kü 4 Austria Elefant
  • Küpper Kü 4 Mini Austria
  • Küpper Kü 7
  • Küpper Kr 1 Austria 2
  • Küpper Kr 1a Austria 3

Kusbach-Bartoník-Kotolánem

(Kusbach Bartoník & Kotolánem)

  • KKB-15

Kuzmickas

(Antanas Kuzmickas)

  • Kuzmickas KPI-3 Amber
  • Kuzmickas KPI-3 Gintaras
  • Kuzmickas KPI-4
  • Kuzmickas KPI-5 Genys
  • Kuzmickas M-1
  • Kuzmickas M-2

Kyushu

(Hiroshi Sato, Osamu Hiroshi & Naka Maruta / Kyushu University)

  • Kyushu 11

References

  1. Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd. 
  2. Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN:0-7106-0748-2
  3. "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°" (in French). https://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=2423. Retrieved 4 July 2019. 
  4. "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°" (in French). https://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=257. Retrieved 4 July 2019. 
  5. 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. https://archive.org/details/janesallworldsai00lamb. 
  6. "Anemopsaro" (in French). http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=3611. Retrieved 26 May 2014. 
  7. Heide Liebhart. "VERFOLGT - VERTRIEBEN - ERMORDET-ZUR MAHNENDEN ERINNERUNG DURCH STRASSENBENENNUNGEN IN WIEN 23." (in German). http://david.juden.at/kulturzeitschrift/44-49/48-verfolgt.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-27. 
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