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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.

gliders gliders/sailplanes glide

1. L

1.1. 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

1.2. L.A.D.

(Light Aircraft Development Co.)

  • L.A.D. Mita 3 Kai 1
  • L.A.D. SS-2

1.3. Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin

  • Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin 1915 glider[1]

1.4. 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

1.5. 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

1.6. LAK

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

  • LAK-05 Nemunas[2]
  • LAK-8
  • LAK-9
  • LAK-10 Lietuva[2]
  • LAK-11 Nida[2]
  • LAK-12 Lietuva
  • LAK-12 Lietuva 2R
  • LAK-14 Strazdas[2]
  • LAK-15
  • LAK-16
  • LAK-17
  • LAK-19
  • LAK-20
  • Sportinë Aviacija SL-2P (aka Kensgaila VK-7)
  • LAK Genesis 2

1.7. Lampich

(Ãrpád Lampich / Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr)

  • Gyõr-2 (Ã. Lampich)
  • Lampich LS-16

1.8. Lamson

(Phil Lamson)

  • Lamson PL-1 Quark

1.9. Lamson

(Robert Lamson)

  • Lamson L-106 Alcor

1.10. 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

1.11. Landes-Derouin

(Landes Frères & Derouin - Robert Landes, Théo Landes and Derouin / Louis Bréguet)

  • Landes-Derouin
  • Landes Oiseau Bleu
  • Landes-Bréguet Mouette

1.12. Lange

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

1.13. Langhammer

(Egon Scheibe / Bitz-Linner-Zoller)

  • Langhammer L-10 Libelle

1.14. Langley

(Ernest Langley)

  • Langley Sailplane

1.15. Larson

  • Larson Utility

1.16. Latimer-Needham

(C. H. Latimer-Needham / R.F.D. Co, Guilford)

  • Latimer-Needham Albatross

1.17. Latvian Aero Club Olaine

  • Vanadzins

1.18. Laubenthal

(Paul Laubenthal)

  • Laubenthal Musterle
  • Laubenthal Lore
  • Laubenthal Württemberg

1.19. Lauk

(Peep Lauk – Estonia)

  • Lauk Flying Wing – Estonia – Lauk, Peep

1.20. Launics

(Fricis Launics / 48th Glider Aviator Group, Krustpils (LU))

  • Launics Krustpilietis

1.21. Lawrence

(L.W. Lawrence)

  • Lawrence Water Glider

1.22. Lazarov

(Tzvetan Lazarov / DAR (Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnica) - Bozurishte, Bulgaria)

  • Lazarov Polkovnik Drangov (Лазаров Дрангов)

1.23. LCF

(Luftsport-Club Friedrichshafen)

  • LCF-II

1.24. le Bris

(Jean-Marie le Bris)

  • le Bris Aéro-Voilier
  • le Bris Albatros
  • le Bris La Barque Ailée

1.25. 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

1.26. Leeming

(John Fishwick LEEMING, Clement WOOD & Tom PRINCE)

  • Leeming LPW

1.27. Leffler-MacFarlane

(Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer)

  • Leffler-MacFarlane LM-1

1.28. Lefort

(Lucien Lefort)

  • Lefort Triplan

1.29. Leonard

(Bob Leonard)

  • Leonard Annebula

1.30. Leonard

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

  • Leonard LPT-1
  • Leonard LPT-2

1.31. Leroy

(G. Leroy (Professeur Technique à l'École Professionelle d'Évreux)/ Aéroc-Club de l'Eure)

  • Leroy MP-30-CV
  • Leroy Motoplaneur

1.32. Lesh-Wulpi

(Lawrence J. Lesh & James M. Wulpi)

  • Lesh 1907
  • Lesh-Wulpi 1908 glider

1.33. 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[3]

1.34. 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

1.35. 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

1.36. Leyat

(Marcel Leyat / Mr Audra / Association Française Aérienne)

  • Leyat 1909 glider
  • Leyat 1924 glider

1.37. LFG

(G. Baatz / Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft, Stralsund)

  • LFG Boot-Phönix

1.38. LIBIS

(Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia)

  • LIBIS-17 – PRHAVC, Jože
  • LIBIS 18
  • LIBIS L-22[4]
  • Libis KB-17 Kondor
  • Libis KB-18

1.39. Lightwing

(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee)

  • Lightwing Type 4 Rooster
  • Lightwing L6FS Mouse[5]
  • Lightwing CT6 Companion[6]

1.40. Lilienthal

(Otto Lilienthal)

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

1.41. Lindner

(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner)

  • Lindner Phoebus B3[2]

1.42. 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)

1.43. Liwentaal

(Alexandre Liwentaal)

  • Liwentaal Aerostat – Alexandre Liwentaal

1.44. LO

(LO-Fluggerätebau)

  • LO 120S

1.45. Loessl (Eugen)

(Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1)

  • Lössl E.v.L.1[7]

1.46. Loessl (Ernst)

(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl)

  • Loessl Sb.1 Münchener
  • Loessl Sb.2[8][9]
  • Loessl Sb.3[9][10]

1.47. Lohner

(Lohner Flugzeugbau)

  • Lohner-Burchardt III (Wilhelm Burchardt)
  • Lohner-Umlauff Rodelgleiter (Lohner & Hans von Umlauff)
  • Lohner Kress (Leopold Bauer)

1.48. Loitron-Delage

(Loitron & Delage)

  • Loitron-Delage 1909 glider

1.49. 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

1.50. 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

1.51. 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

1.52. Loravia

  • Loravia KV-1[11]
  • Loravia KV-2[12]
  • Loravia KV-3A[13]
  • Loravia KV-4[14]
  • Loravia LCA-10 Topaze[15]
  • Loravia LCA-11 Topaze[16]

1.53. Lössl

(Ernst von Lössl)

  • Lössl SB-1 Münchener Eindecker
  • Lössl SB-2
  • Lössl SB-3
  • Lössl E.v.L.1
  • Lössl 1920 Wasserkuppe Glider

1.54. Lowe-Wylde

(Charles H. Lowe-Wylde)

  • Lowe-Wylde Colombus

1.55. Loyko Tandem L-1

(LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR))

  • Loyko Tandem L-1[17]

1.56. Lucas

(Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas)

  • Lucas L-6A

1.57. Luków School

  • Luków School Glider

1.58. Lunds Tekniske

  • Lunds Tekniske Silhiuette

1.59. Lünger-Kohler

(Hans Lünger & Josef Kohler)

  • Lünger-Kohler Beta 1

1.60. Lush

(Vladimir S. Lush)

  • Lush Swift

1.61. Lüty

(Paul Lüty / Sportflugzeugbau, Hülserstrasse 398, Krefeld)

  • Luty Ly-542 K Stösser

1.62. Lutz

(Werner Lutz)

  • Lutz Welu-48

1.63. LWL

(Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze – Lwów Aviation Workshops)

  • P.W.S.101
  • P.W.S.102 Rekin (Shark)
  • P.W.S.103

1.64. Lwowskich Uczniów

(Kazimierz Baszniak, Wlodzimierz Siemiuła & Aleksander Sokalski)

  • Lwowskich Uczniów 1910 glider

1.65. Lyushin Maori

(S. N. Lyushin)

  • Lyushin Maori – S. N. Lyushin

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