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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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(Bernard D'Otreppe)
(Fred Daams)
(Hans Klemm / Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft Werke - Daimler Aircraft Company)
(Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa – ДАР Държавната аеропланна работилница)
(Darmstädter Flugsport-Vereinigung)
(Dansk Aero Verkstad)
(Dart Aircraft Ltd)
(Bob Dart)
(Ken Davies & Alf Nicholls)
(P. Davis & F. Costin)
(Janusz de Beaurein & Edmund John)
(de Glymes / SABCA - Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques)
(de Havilland Aircraft Co)
(de Havilland Aircraft Co)
(Louis de Monge & Daniel Montague)
(Charles de Rouge)
(Luis E. Degasperi)
(Howard V. DeGrandi)
(Karl Dehn)
(Maurice Delanne)
(N.B. Delone)
(Ovidio Descole)
(Dessau F.V / Maschinenbau-Schule Dessau)
(Detroit Aircraft Corporation)
(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug – German research institute for gliders)
(DG Flugzeugbau GmbH)
(HOAC AG / Wolf Hoffmann Flugzeugbau AG / Diamond Aircraft Industries)
(Ormand Dieder)
(Flugzeugbau Heini Dittmar) (The Condor series were built by several manufacturers)
(S. P. Dobrovloski)
(Ursula Hanle)
(John Auguste Domenjoz)
(Y. V. Domrachev)
(DOSAAF - Dobrovol'noe Obschestvo Sodesystviya Armii Aviatcii i Flotu - voluntary society for assistance to the army air force and navy)
(Douglas Aircraft Company)
(Jerzy Drzewiecki / Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze)
(Duster Sailplane Kits / Ben Jansson and H. Einar Thor)
(Gian Luigi Della Torre)
(Richard DuPont)
(J. W. Dunne)
(Dunning / Southdown Gliding Club)
(Dunstable Sailplane co.)
(Břetislav Dvořáček)
(Stanislaw Dzalialowski & Mieczyslaw Dzalialowski)
The Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug, or DFS, was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany, under the directorship of Professor Walter Georgii. It was formed by the nationalisation of the Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft (RRG) at Darmstadt.
DG Flugzeugbau GmbH is a manufacturer of sailplanes and other composite parts based in Bruchsal near Karlsruhe, Germany.
The Glaser-Dirks DG-200 is a 15 metre class glider built by Glaser-Dirks. It first flew in 1977. Wingtip extensions to 17 metres were offered in 1978. Later enhancements included a single-piece canopy, a carbon-fibre wing spar and a change in the wing profile. A total of 192 DG-200 were built.
The Glaser-Dirks DG-100 is the first sailplane manufactured by Glaser-Dirks. It is a standard class glider designed by Wilhelm Dirks in 1974 and developed from the Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38.
The Glaser-Dirks DG-300 is a Standard Class single-seat high-performance glider built of glass-reinforced plastic. The DG-300 was designed by Wilhelm Dirks and manufactured by Glaser-Dirks Flugzeugbau's Slovenian partner company Elan (company). A total of 511 of all versions were built since production started in 1983. Representative contemporary types from competing manufacturers are the Rolladen-Schneider LS4 and the Schempp-Hirth Discus.
Contrary to the methods used by the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) for the allocation of aircraft designations, the designers and manufacturers of sailplanes and gliders in Germany enjoyed the freedom of choosing their own designations for their products up until 1945.
The Glaser-Dirks DG-400 is a single-seat self-launching motorglider that was produced by Glaser-Dirks between 1981 and 1992. It was the first self-launching motorglider with retractable engine and propeller to be produced in large numbers.
The DG Flugzeugbau DG-800 series is a family of 15 metre and 18 metre single-seat gliders and motor gliders produced by Glaser-Dirks since 1993 and by DG Flugzeugbau GmbH after 1997. It is the successor to the DG-400 and the DG-600 models.
Dart Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer during the 1930s. Its facilities were located at 29 High Street North, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
The Glaser-Dirks DG-500, and later the DG-505, is a two-seat glider of glass-reinforced plastic and carbon fiber reinforced plastic construction, manufactured in the DG Flugzeugbau GmbH in Bruchsal, Germany. It first flew in 1987.
AMS Flight is a manufacturer of gliders, motorgliders and ultralight aircraft. It is based in Begunje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia.
The Schleicher Condor, also referred to as the Dittmar Condor, is a series of German high-wing, single and two-seat, gull winged, gliders that were designed by Heini Dittmar in the 1930s, produced in small quantities before the Second World War, produced again between 1952 and 1955 by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co and also by Ferdinand Schmetz.
The Diamond HK36 Super Dimona is an extensive family of Austrian low-wing, T-tailed, two-seat motor gliders that were designed by Wolf Hoffmann and currently produced by Diamond Aircraft Industries.
The DFS Rhönsperber, otherwise known as the Schweyer Rhönsperber or Jacobs Rhönsperber was a single seat competition glider designed in Germany by Hans Jacobs and first flown in 1935. For several years it was regarded as the best German sailplane and about one hundred were built.