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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. R

Raciti

(A. Raciti)

  • Raciti Grifone

Raab

(Fritz Raab)

  • Raab R2
  • Raab Doppelraab
  • Raab Krähe
  • Pützer Motorraab – built by Alfons Pützer

Raab-Katzenstein

(Raab-Katzenstein Flugzeugwerk GmbH (RaKa) - Antonius RAAB & Kurt KATZENSTEIN)

  • Raab-Katzenstein RK-7 Schmetterling[1]

Rackaři

  • Rackaři ŠBK-1 Racek-1

Radab

(Sven Olof Ridder & Harald Unden – Radab)

  • Radab Windex 1100
  • Radab Windex 1200C

Raddings-Locke

(J. E. Raddings & W. E. Locke / Hull Gliding Club, Hedon, Yorkshire, United Kingdom)

  • Radlock Trainer

J. A. I. Reid

(J. A. I. Reid)

  • Reid Small Glider

Reinhard

(Gerhard Reinhard)

  • Reinhard Cumulus
  • Reinhard Cirrus

Renard

(Charles Renard)

  • Renard Décaplan Aéride

Rensselaer

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

  • Rensselaer RP-1
  • Rensselaer RP-2
  • Rensselaer RP-3

REP

(Robert Esnault-Pelterie)

  • REP Type-1
  • REP Type-2

Reussner

  • Reussner J.C.R. 1
  • Reussner Swift
  • Reussner-Brown Biplace – Reussner, J. C. & Brown, T. A.

RFB

(Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH)

  • Rhein Flugzeugbau RW-3
  • RFB Sirius II

Ree-Miller

(Terry Miller & John Ree & Bill Ree)

  • Ree-Miller Cherokee RM

Revallo

(Ján Revallo)

  • Revallo R-1 Urpín

Reynard

(Reynard Glider Construction Co, Aylestone, Leicester, United Kingdom)

  • Reynard R.4 Primary (aka Reynolds R.4 Primary?)

RFD

(Reginald Foster Dagnall / R.F.D. Co )

  • RFD Primary Type AT (Dagling)
  • RFD 2 Sailplane

Richardson

(Geoff Richardson)

  • Richardson Golden Eagle

Richter

(Hans Richter)

  • Richter Möwe

Ridgefield

(Ridgefield Manufacturing Company of Ridgeville, NJ)

  • Ridgefield PG-2 – powered CG-4

Ridley

(Cyril Ridley)

  • Ridley 1910 glider

Riedel

(Peter Riedel)

  • Riedel PR-1 – Peter Riedel
  • Riedel PR-2 – Peter Riedel

Rimsa-Miliunas

(Z. Rimsa, G. Miliunas)

  • Rimsa-Miliunas Keva motorglider
  • Rimsa Keva

Rio Claro

(Aero Clube de Rio Claro)

  • Rio Claro Araponga

RLM

(Reichsluftfahrtministerium – Reich Ministry of Aviation) (Glider designations)

  • 108-10 Schneider Grunau 9 primary glider (1929)
  • 108-11 RRG Zögling 33 primary glider (1933)
  • 108-14 DFS Schulgleiter SG.38 standard basic gliding trainer (1938)
  • 108-15 RRG Zögling 12m primary glider (1934)
  • 108-16 Weber EW-2 four-seat high-performance sailplane
  • 108-21 Hirth Hi 21 two-seat sailplane
  • 108-22 Hirth Hi 20 MoSe (for Motorsegler = motor glider); motorized glider
  • 108-29 Fliege IIa primary glider (1935)
  • 108-30 DFS Kranich II two-seat sailplane (1935)
  • 108-47 Jacobs Rhönadler single-seat high-performance sailplane (1932)
  • 108-48 Dittmar Condor I high-performance sailplane (1932)
  • 108-49 Schneider Grunau Baby II glider (1932)
  • 108-50 Jacobs Rhönbussard single-seat high-performance sailplane (1933)
  • 108-51 Jacobs Rhönsperber single-seat high-performance sailplane (1935)
  • 108-53 DFS Habicht single-seat acrobatics sailplane (1936)
  • 108-56 Dittmar Condor II single-seat high-performance sailplane (1935)
  • 108-58 Hirth Göppingen Gö 1 Wolf sailplane (1935)
  • 108-59 Hirth Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa high-performance sailplane (1935)
  • 108-60 Jacobs Reiher single-seat high-performance sailplane (1937)
  • 108-61 Hütter / Schempp-Hirth Göppingen Gö 4 two-seat sailplane (1937)
  • 108-62 Schwarzwald-Flugzeugbau Donaueschingen Strolch high-performance sailplane
  • 108-63 Akaflieg München Mü13D Merlin high-performance sailplane (1936)
  • 108-64 Schwarzwald-Flugzeugbau Donaueschingen Ibis
  • 108-65 Dittmar / Schleicher Condor III single-seat high-performance sailplane (1938)
  • 108-66 Schneider Grunau Baby III sailplane (1938)
  • 108-67 Hütter H 17 sailplane (1937)
  • 108-68 Jacobs Weihe high-performance single-seat sailplane (1938)
  • 108-70 Jacobs Olympia Meise high-performance single-seat sailplane (1939)
  • 108-72 Akaflieg München Mü17 Merle high-performance sailplane (1939)
  • 108-74 FVA Aachen / Schmetz FVA 10b Rheinland high-performance sailplane

Roberts

(Donald Roberts)

  • Roberts Cygnet

Roberts

(Frank Roberts)

  • Roberts Primary

Robertson

( A. Robertson)

  • Robertson Bamboo

Robinson

(John Robinson)

  • Robinson Robin

Rochelt

(Günther Rochelt)

  • Rochelt Flair 30
  • Rochelt Minair
  • Rochelt Musculair I
  • Rochelt Musculair II
  • Rochelt Solair I
  • Rochelt Solair II

Rolladen-Schneider

(Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH / LS – Lemke-Schneider)

  • Rolladen-Schneider LS1
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS2
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS3
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS4
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS5
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS6
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS7
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS8
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS9
  • Rolladen-Schneider LS10
  • Akaflieg Köln LS11
  • Rolladen-Schneider LSD Ornith

Rolle

( J. Rollé)

  • Rollé 1922 glider

Romeo

(Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche Meridionali / Officine Meccaniche Romeo)

  • Romeo Ro-35 (IMAM Ro-35)

Rosario

(Juvenelle Rosario – Florianópolis, Brazil)

  • Rosario Skua

Ross

  • Ross R-2 Ibis
  • Ross R-3
  • Ross RH-3
  • Ross-Johnson RJ-5
  • Ross R-6
  • Ross-Stephens RS-1 Zanonia – Harland Ross & Harvey Stephens – Ross Stephens Aircraft Company of Montebello, California
  • Ross-Stephens RS-3 Ibis – Harland Ross & Harvey Stephens – Ross-Stephens Aircraft Company of Montebello, California

Vernie Ross

(Vernie Ross)

  • Ross Ranger I
  • Ross Ranger II

Rostock

(Paul Krekel / Mecklenburgische Aero-Klub, Rostock')

  • Rostock Primary
  • Rostock M-I Baumeister
  • Rostock M-II Mecklenburg
  • Rostock M-III Rostock

Rostov

(Rostov Technical Institute)

  • Rostov GT-1 Kaganovich

Rotondi

(Gianfranco Rotondi)

  • Rotondi R-1 Gheppio
  • Rotondi R-2 Tobia

Rotter

(Lajos Rotter)

  • Rotter Karakan – Lajos Rotter – Boy Scout Group "Ezermester" – MOVERO
  • Rotter Nemere – Lajos Rotter – Hungarian Aircraft Repair Works, Székesfehérvár
  • Janka-Rotter Vándor with Zoltán Janka
  • Rotter-Ágotay 1922 glider with István Ágotay

Rousset

(Mauritius Rousset)

  • Rousset glider

RRG

(Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft)

  • RRG Urubu Obs
  • RRG Ente – Alexander Lippisch & Fritz Stam
  • RRG Hangwind – Alexander Lippisch
  • RRG Hols der Teufel – Alexander Lippisch
  • RRG Professor
  • RRG Prüfling
  • RRG Falke
  • RRG Schuldoppelsitzer
  • RRG Storch I
  • RRG Storch V
  • RRG Wien
  • RRG Zögling
  • RRG Fafnir
  • RRG Fafnir 2 (São Paulo)

Rubik

(Ernő Rubik – father of the Rubiks Cube inventor)

  • Rubik R-01 (MSrE M-20) – single-seat sailplane (better known as EMESE-B/-C), flown 1935
  • Rubik R-02 (MSrE M-19)
  • Rubik R-03 Szittya I (Scythian I) – MOVERO workshop, Esztergom
  • Rubik R-04 Szittya II (Scythian II) – MOVERO workshop, Esztergom
  • Rubik R-05 Vöcsök (Grebe)
  • Rubik R-06 Vöcsök (Grebe)
  • Rubik R-07 – Aero Ever Kft, Esztergom
    • Rubik R-07a Tücsök (Cricket)
    • Rubik R-07b Vöcsök (Grebe), productionized version of R-05/R-06 Vöcsök
    • Rubik R-07c
    • Rubik R-07d (postwar production Vöcsök)
  • Rubik R-08 Pilis (Tonsure)
    • Rubik R-08a
    • Rubik R-08b
    • Rubik R-08c
    • Rubik R-08d
  • Rubik R-09
    • Rubik R-09 Motor Pilis
  • Rubik R-10 Szittya III (Scythian III) – MOVERO workshop, Esztergom
  • Rubik R-11 Cimbora (Pal)
  • Rubik R-12 Kevély (Proud)
  • Rubik R-13 Bunkó (Club)
  • Rubik R-14 Pinty (Finch)
  • Rubik R-15 Koma (Pard/Panthera)
    • Rubik R-15a Koma
    • Rubik R-15b Koma
    • Rubik R-15f Fémkoma (Fém-Koma)
  • Rubik R-16 Lepke (Butterfly)
  • Rubik R-17 Móka (Fun)
    • Rubik R-17a Móka
    • Rubik R-17b Móka
  • Rubik R-19 Pinttyek (Pinty II)
  • Rubik R-20 (OE-01)
  • Rubik R-21
  • Rubik R-22 Futár (Courier)
    • Rubik R-22S Június 18
    • Rubik R-22-3 Super Futár
    • Rubik R-22S Június 18
    • Rubik R-22-3 Super Futár
    • Rubik R-22-4 Standard Futár
  • Rubik R-23 Gébics (Shrike)
  • Rubik R-24 Bibic (Lapwing)
  • Rubik R-25 Mokány (Little Devil)
  • Rubik R-25-4
  • Rubik R-26 Góbé (Chieftain)
  • Rubik R-27 Kópé (Scamp)
  • Rubik R-29
  • Rubik R-30
  • Rubik R-31 Dupla (Double)
  • Gyõr-3 Motor-Pilis (Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr)

Rudlicki

(Jerzy Rudlicki)

  • Rudlicki nr.1
  • Rudlicki nr.2
  • Rudlicki nr.3
  • Rudlicki nr.7
  • Rudlicki nr.8
  • Rudlicki nr.9

Ruhm

(UL RuhmAir Leichtflugzeuge / Mannfred Ruhm)

  • Ruhmer Swift Light
  • Ruhmer E-Swift
  • Ruhmer Swift Light PAS

Ruppert

(Ruppert Composite GmbH)

  • Ruppert Archaeopteryx

Rutan

(Rutan Aircraft Factory)

  • Rutan Solitaire

Ryley

(Leslie G. Ryley / Coventry Aero Club)

  • Ryley Dragon-Fly 1914

Ryson

(T. Claude Ryan and Son)

  • Ryson ST-100 Cloudster
  • Ryson STP-1 Swallow

2. Notes

  1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/. Retrieved 29 November 2012. 
  2. ELIOTT-LYNN, SOPHIE C. (1 September 1927). "THE ZURICH INTERNATIONAL FLYING MEETING". Flight: 611 & 616. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927%20-%200665.html. Retrieved 6 December 2015. 

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References

  1. ELIOTT-LYNN, SOPHIE C. (1 September 1927). "THE ZURICH INTERNATIONAL FLYING MEETING". Flight: 611 & 616. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927%20-%200665.html. Retrieved 6 December 2015. 
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