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.
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)
1.9. Lamson
(Robert Lamson)
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)
1.14. Langley
(Ernest Langley)
1.15. Larson
1.16. Latimer-Needham
(C. H. Latimer-Needham / R.F.D. Co, Guilford)
- Latimer-Needham Albatross
1.17. Latvian Aero Club Olaine
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))
1.21. Lawrence
(L.W. Lawrence)
1.22. Lazarov
(Tzvetan Lazarov / DAR (Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnica) - Bozurishte, Bulgaria)
- Lazarov Polkovnik Drangov (Лазаров Дрангов)
1.23. LCF
(Luftsport-Club Friedrichshafen)
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)
1.27. Leffler-MacFarlane
(Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer)
1.28. Lefort
(Lucien Lefort)
1.29. Leonard
(Bob Leonard)
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)
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)
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)
1.45. Loessl (Eugen)
(Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1)
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)
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)
1.55. Loyko Tandem L-1
(LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR))
1.56. Lucas
(Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas)
1.57. Luków School
1.58. Lunds Tekniske
- Lunds Tekniske Silhiuette
1.59. Lünger-Kohler
(Hans Lünger & Josef Kohler)
1.60. Lush
(Vladimir S. Lush)
1.61. Lüty
(Paul Lüty / Sportflugzeugbau, Hülserstrasse 398, Krefeld)
1.62. Lutz
(Werner Lutz)
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
The content is sourced from: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:List_of_gliders_(L)