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This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available) [1] Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.
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The Braunschweig LF-1 Zaunkönig,, is a STOL single-seat light aircraft designed in 1939 by Prof. Ing. Hermann Winter as a fool-proof trainer for novice student pilots to experience solo flight.
The Aer-Pegaso M-100 was a single-seat glider designed and built in Italy from 1967.
Darzhavna aeroplanna rabotilnitsa, abbreviated DAR (ДАР), was the first Bulgarian aircraft manufacturer, established in 1924 at Bojourishte.
The SZD-20x Wampir II was a single-seat tail-less research glider designed and built in Poland from 1959.
The Standard Austria was a single-seat aerobatic glider that was originally designed and built in Austria from 1959 but production was moved in 1962 to Schempp-Hirth in Germany.
The Haig Minibat is a high-wing, single-seat flying wing motor glider that was designed by Larry Haig, and first flown in 1979. At one time available as plans or in kit form for amateur construction. The kit is no longer available.
The Zögling is a German high-wing, cable-braced, single seat primary glider that was designed by Alexander Lippisch in 1926 and produced with many variations by a variety of manufacturers.
The Kometa-Standard was a Standard Class glider, designed and built in Bulgaria in the early 1960s. Thirty were flown by local gliding clubs.