List of Gliders (G): History
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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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Gabelier

(Raymond Gabelier)

  • Gabelier RG-40

Gad'Arts

  • Gad'Arts AM-58

Galatasaray

(Galatasaray High School)

  • Galatasaray Kleopatra

Gallaudet

(Edson Fessenden Gallaudet)

  • Gallaudet Hydrokite

Gannet

  • Gannet G-4 Olympos

Garalevičiaus-Kulvinskio

(J. Garalevičiaus & A. Kulvinskio)

  • Garalevičiaus-Kulvinskio GK-1

Gardner

(L. Gardner)

  • Gardner Cumulus

Garstecki

(Tadeusz Garstecki)

  • Garstecki Rywal (Rival) No.17 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

GATC

(General Airborne Transport Company)

  • GATC XCG-16
  • GATC MC-1A

GBMZ

(GBMZ / August Hug)

  • GBMZ Zögling

GCSA

(William Stancliffe Shackleton & Harold Bradley / GCSA -Gliding Club of South Australia)

  • GCSA Lark

Gehrlein

  • Gehrlein GP-1
  • Gehrlein Precursor

General Aircraft

(General Aircraft Ltd.)

  • General Aircraft G.A.L.48 Hotspur
  • General Aircraft G.A.L.48B Twin-Hotspur
  • General Aircraft G.A.L.49 Hamilcar
  • General Aircraft GAL.50 1/2 scale Hamilcar
  • General Aircraft G.A.L.55
  • General Aircraft G.A.L.56
  • General Aircraft G.A.L.57
  • General Aircraft G.A.L.58 Hamilcar X powered Hamilcar (2x Bristol Mercury)
  • General Aircraft G.A.L.61

Gilbert

(J. Gilbert)

  • Gilbert 1922 glider

Gilbert

(Octave Gilbert)

  • Gilbert 1909 glider[1]

Ginn-Lesniak

(Vic Ginn & Lesniak / London Gliding Club, Dunstable)

  • Ginn-Lesniak Kestrel

Giuncu-Popa

(Octavian Giuncu & Ovidiu Popa / Atelierele de Reparaţii Material Volant - ARMV-2)

  • Giuncu-Popa GP-2

Glaser-Dirks

See DG Flugzeugbau.

Glasfaser Velino

(Glasfaser Italiana SpA)

  • Glasfaser Velino
  • Glasfaser Nimeta - Nimbus 4 / Eta amalgam[2]

Glasflügel

  • Glasflügel BS-1 a.k.a. Björn Stender BS-1 or Stender BS-1
  • Glasflügel H-30 GFK
  • Glasflügel H-101 Salto
  • Glasflügel H-201 Standard Libelle
  • Glasflügel H-301 Libelle
  • Glasflügel 202 Standard Libelle
  • Glasflügel 203 Standard Libelle
  • Glasflügel 204 Standard Libelle
  • Glasflügel 205 Club Libelle
  • Glasflügel 206 Hornet
  • Glasflügel 303 Mosquito
  • Glasflügel 304
  • Glasflügel 401 Kestrel
  • Glasflügel 402 Falconet
  • Glasflügel 604

Glidersport

  • Glidersport LightHawk

Gluhareff

Gluhareff M. S., Helsingfors (H. Adaridy & M.S. Gluhareff, Helsingfors)

  • Gluhareff 3M
  • Gluhareff S-22

Gnewikow

(Karl Gnewikow)

  • Gnewikow Gne-3

Godwin

(C.G. Godwin)

  • Godwin Two-seater glider

Gomolzig

See Caproni Vizzola.

Göppingen

(Martin Schempp / Wolf Hirth / Sportflugzeugbau Schempp-Hirth)

  • Göppingen E-4
  • Göppingen Gö 1 Wolf
  • Göppingen Gö 2
  • Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa
  • Göppingen Gö 4 Gövier
  • Göppingen Gö 5
  • Göppingen Gö 8

Gordon England

(E.C. Gordon England / Georges England Ltd, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey)

  • Gordon England 1922 glider

Görlitz

(D.L.V. Gruppe Görlitz)

  • Görlitz I

Gotha

(Gothaer Waggonfabrik)

  • Gotha Go 242
  • Gotha Go 244
  • Gotha Go 345
  • Kalkert (Gotha) Ka430

Göttingen

(Flieger Orstgruppe Göttingen / Flavag - Fliegergruppe der Aerodynamischen Versuchsanstalt Göttingen)

  • Göttingen IV Niedersachsen
  • Flavag I Uhu
  • Flavag II Kuckuck

GP Gliders

  • GP 14 Velo

Graf von Saurma

  • Graf von Saurma Milan

GRAL

(Groupe rouennais d'aviation légère)

  • Gral 3
  • Gral 5
  • Gral 6
  • Gral 7

Grandin

(Henry Grandin)

  • Grandin Chauve-souris
  • Grandin Mouette

Granneman

(Hans Granneman)

  • Granneman HG-1 Tölpel

Green-Tweed

(Frank Green & George Tweed)

  • Green-Tweed GT-2

Greif

(Greif Flugzeugbau Rendsburg)

  • Greif I
  • Greif II
  • Greif III
  • Greif IV
  • Greif V-DSG

Gremyatsky

(Anatoli Grematsky)

  • Gremyatsky Diskoplan

Gribovsky

(Vladislav K. Gribovsky)

  • Gribovsky G-1
  • Gribovsky G-2
  • Gribovsky G-3
  • Gribovsky G-6
  • Gribovsky G-7
  • Gribovsky G-9 Dzsunka
  • Gribovsky G-11
  • Gribovsky G-12
  • Gribovsky G-14
  • Gribovsky G-16
  • Gribovsky G-18
  • Gribovsky G-29
  • Gribovsky G-31
  • Gribovsky Sans-Abri

Grob

(GROB-WERKE Burkhart Grob e.K.)

  • Grob G102 Astir
  • Grob G103 Twin Astir
  • Grob G 103a Twin II
  • Grob G 103c Twin III
  • Grob G 104 Speed Astir
  • Grob G 109

Grodziska

  • Grodziska Mazowieckiego

Grokhovskii

(Pavel Ignatyevich Grokhovskii)

  • Grokhovskii G-31[3]
  • Grokhovskii G-63[3]
  • Grokhovskii GN-4[3]
  • Grokhovskii GN-8[3]

Gropp

(Herbert Gropp)

  • Gropp Zaunkönig

Groshev

(G.F. Groshev – USSR)

  • Groshev G N° 2 TSK Komsomol
  • Groshev G N° 6
  • Groshev G N° 7
  • Groshev GN-7
  • Groshev GN-4
  • Groshev GN-8

Gross

(Dr. Frank R. Gross)

  • Akron Condor
  • Baker-McMillan Cadet
  • Gross Sky Ghost
  • Gross F-5

Grossklaus

(Helmut Grossklaus)

  • Grossklaus Silent Glider M
  • Grossklaus Silent Glider ME
  • Grossklaus Silent Racer

Group Genesis

  • Group Genesis Genesis 1 (prototype)
  • Genesis 2 (production model)

Groux

(Georges Groux)

  • Groux

Gruse

  • Gruse Bo 15/1

Grzeszczyk

(Szczepan Grzeszczyk)

  • Grzeszczyk SG-03
  • Grzeszczyk SG-07
  • Grzeszczyk SG-08
  • Grzeszczyk SG-21 Lwów
  • Grzeszczyk SG-28
  • Grzeszczyk SG-28 bis

Grzmilas

(Tadeusz Grzmilas)

  • Grzmilas Orkan I (Whirlwind I) No.10 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Guerchais-Roche

(Établissement Roche / Ateliers Roche Aviation)

  • Guerchais-Roche GR-70[4]
  • Guerchais-Roche SA-103 Emouchet
  • Guerchais-Roche SA-104 Emouchet
  • Guerchais-Roche GR-105[5]
  • Guerchais-Roche GR-107[6]

Guignard

(Donat Guignard)

  • Guignard 1934
  • Guignard Chanute

Guilhabert

(Msr. Guilhabert from Gaillac, France)

  • Guilhabert Pou-Planeur

Gumpert

(Bruno Gumpert)

  • Gumpert G.1
  • Gumpert G.2
  • Gumpert Schwalbe II – Gumpert, Bruno – Segelfliegergruppe des I/K.G. Wiener Neustadt

Günar

  • Günar 1

GVV Dal Molin

(Grupo Volo a Vela Tommaso Dal Molin))

  • GVV Dal Molin MD.1 Anfibio Varese
  • GVV Dal Molin Anfibio Roma

Gyõr

(Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr - Aeroclub of the Rolling-stock Factory, Gyõr)

  • Gyõr-2 (Ã. Lampich)
  • Gyõr-3 Motor-Pilis (Ernõ Rubik)

Gysas

(A. Gysas)

  • Gysas Nykstukas
  • Gysas Zaibas

The content is sourced from: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:List_of_gliders_(G)

References

  1. Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: SchifferPublishing Limited. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5. 
  2. "News". http://www.streifly.de/news-e.htm. Retrieved 23 May 2014. 
  3. Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995 (1st ed.). London: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-405-3. 
  4. "Guerchais-Roche GR-70". Aviafrance.com. 2008-08-15. http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9707&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=597&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  5. "Guerchais-Roche GR-105". Aviafrance.com. 2008-08-15. http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=9708&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=597&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  6. "Guerchais-Roche GR-107". Aviafrance.com. 2008-08-15. http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=10240&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=597&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
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