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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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(M&D Flugzeugbau, Germany)
(A.M. Macetti)
(Gregg MacPherson)
(Gregg MacPherson)
(Keniti Maeda)
(Dr. A. Magnan)
(Vizille Magnard, Isère)
(Moscow Aviation Institute)
(P. Mainelis)
(Stefan Malinowski)
(Juan J. Maluquer, Wahl & Gimeno)
(Radu Manicatide)
(Adriano Mantelli)
(A. Manotskov)
(William L. Manuel)
(Charles Marais)
(T.H. Marcho-Silesia / Akad. Fliegerschaft Marcho-Silesia)
(Wladyslaw Gallara / O.O.Marianów Secondary Convent School)
(Domenico Farina / Marinavia Farina SRL)
(J. C. Marsch)
(Jim Marske, Marion Ohio, United States)
(A. Martens)
(William H. Martin)
(Peter Masak)
(E.D. Massia & Gaston Biot)
(Max Massy)
(Jiri Matejcek / students of the Central Aeronautical Institute, Brno-Medlanky)
(Fred H. Matteson)
(Jim Maupin)
(Irwin Rue, Lyle Maxey – built by Franck Kearns)
(Hermann Mayer)
(Oldřich Mayer / Oskar Mayer / Státní průmyslová škola, Moravská Ostrava-Vítkovice / Letov)
(Charles McAllister)
(Taylor McDaniel)
(Robert J. McQuilkin)
(Zaklady Lotnicze Marganski & Myslowski Spolka z o.o. – Margański & Mysłowski Aviation Works) (MDM – Marganski, Dunowska, Makula)
(T.E. Mead)
(Franz Xaver Mehr)
(Michel-Lorenz Meier Hamburger Aero Club)
(Ob.-Ing. Erich Meindl / Burgfalke Flugzeugbau)
(Frank Melsheimer)
(Capt F. W. Merriam)
(Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt / Messerschmitt AG / Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW))
(Meteor C.A., Monfalcone)
(Milose Micika)
(Henri Mignet)
(Milbert / Hamburger Flugzeugbau (?))
(F.G. Miles Ltd.)
(Miliunas & Oshkinis / Miliunas & Kontrimas)
(Terry Miller)
(Michel Minéo)
(Gustaw Mokrzycki, Ludwig Moczarski, Jan Idzkowski & Jerzy Ploszajski / Warsaw Technical High School)
(Jindřich Mišurec & Norbert Pučan, Brno)
(Don Mitchell (aircraft designer))
(Turkish: Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu - Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation)
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(Mlody Lotnik - Antoni Uszacki)
See PIK
(Flugzeugbau Möller / Ing. Hans Gunther Möller)
(Richard Monaghan)
(John T. Monnett)
(John Joseph Montgomery)
(Walt Mooney)
(L.P. Moore, J. Gibson & K. Emslie / The Birmingham Guild Ltd.)
(Arien C. Moore)
(Alberto & Piero Morelli / Aeromere / CVT / Avionautica Rio / CARMAM)
(Angelo Mori, GVV Tommaso Dal Molin, Varese)
(Moswey Segelflugzeug-Werke) – (Georg & Heinrich Müller)
(P. Motiekaitis - Lithuania)
(Antoni von Mroczkowski)
(MRSz - Magyar Repülési Szövetség Központi Műhelye)
(Avions Mudry Cie, Port d'attache, Cannes Mandelieu)
(Műegyetemi Sportrepülő Egyesület – BME Sportrepülő Association)
(K. Müller)
(Musachevo glider workshop / L. Panov and D. Panchovsky, R. Radomirov, D. Panchovski & Vlychev )
(Edwin Musger)
(Zbigniew Muszynski)
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