List of gliders (A)

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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.

Contents

A

AAK (Akademski Aero Klub, Belgrade)

AAS

(Ateliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes)

AB Flygindustri

AB Flygplan

Abate

( U. Abate)

Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes Ltd

Abramov

Abrial

(Georges Abrial de Pega)

Abric-Calas

(Abric & Calas)

ACBA

(Aéro Club du Bas Armagnac)

AC Mulhouse Mure

(Aéro Club du Mulhouse)

ACS

(Aero-Club Suisse)

ACMN

(Aéro-Club des Montagnes Neuchâteloises)

Adair

(Ronald Hamilton Adair, Clifford Gurr and H. Zechner)

Adam

(Roger Adam)

Addyman

(E.T.W. Addyman)

ADI

(Aircraft Designs Inc / Martin Hollman / Winther-Hollman Aircraft Inc.)

Adaridi

(Boris Adaridi)

Ader

(Clement Ader)

Adorján

Advanced Aeromarine

Adventure Aircraft

AEA

(Aerial Experimental Association)

Aecherli-Farner

(Hermann Aecherli & Willy Farner)

AER

(Aeronautica Rio)

AER Pegaso

Aerbul

(Aerbul s.r.l. / Horacio Bulacio Campos)

Aériane

Aero Industries Technical Institute

Aero Vodochody

Aero-Club Suisse

AeroJaén

(Aeronaútica del Jaén SA)

Aerola

(Also known as Aeros)

Aeromere

Aeromot

Aeronca

Aeros

see:Aerola

Aérostructure

(Aérostructure SARL)

Aerotalleres

Aerotechnik

(designer: Karel Dlouhy)

AeroXpert

(AeroXpert, Hennopsmeer / Peter Cellier & François Jordaan)

AGA

(AGA Aviation)

Agusta

(Giovanni Agusta)

Ahrens

(Ahrens Aircraft Corporation)

Aiello

(Eugenio Aiello)

AII

(Aviation Industries of Iran)

Aircraft Cooperative Mechta

Air Energy

Air Est Services

Airdisco

(Aircraft Disposal Company)

Airmate

See: Schreder

Airspeed Ltd

AISA

(Émile Dewoitine / Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)

Aizsardze

Akaflieg Berlin

(FFG Berlin / Akaflieg Berlin)

Akaflieg Braunschweig

Akaflieg Danzig

(Akademische Fliegergruppe T. H. Danzig)

Akaflieg Darmstadt

Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München

Akaflieg Dresden

Akaflieg Graz

(Akademischen Segelfliegergruppe Graz)

Akaflieg Hannover

(for Hannoverische Waggonfabrik gliders see:Hannover)

Akaflieg Karlsruhe

Akaflieg Köln

Akaflieg Marcho-Silesia

Akaflieg München

Akaflieg Stuttgart

Akaflieg Wien

Akasiya Mokko

Akira

(Myahara Akira)

AK Zagreb

Akerboom-Schmidt

(J. Akerboom & J. Schmidt / Nijs & Van Driel)

Älands Flygklubb

Alanne

(Pentti Alanne)

Albastar Ltd

Albatros

(Club Argentino de Planeadores Albatros / Alberto Rosmarin, Vito Antonio Ernesto Vignera & Jorge Ubaldo Pallich )

Albatros Vrabac

Albini-Cella-Facciolo-Moltrasio

(Albini, Cella, Facciolo, Moltrasio)

Aldasoro-Suárez

(Juan-Pablo Aldasoro-Suárez & Eduardo Aldasoro-Suárez - Real del Monte, Estado de Hidalgo, México)

Alexander

(Albert W. Mooney / Alexander Aircraft Co, Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA)

Alfaro (glider constructor)

Alfieri

(A. Alfieri)

Alise (glider constructor)

Alisport

(Alisport srl, Cremella, Italy)

Allen

(Aeronautical Engineering Society, New-York / E. Allen & E.P. Warner)

Allgeier

(Josef Allgeier)

Allied

(Allied Aviation)

Allievo

Allstar

(Allstar PZL Glider Sp. z o.o.)

Alpaero

Alpla

(Alpla-Werke / Alpla-Werken Alvin Lehner OHG)

Alsema

(Piet Alsema)

Altinger

(Raúl Altinger & Theo Altinger)

Anczutin-Malinowski-Aleksandrowicz

(AMA - Andrzej Anczutin, Henryk Malinowski & Rościsław Aleksandrowicz / Université Technique de Varsovie & Ateliers de Construction aéronautique d'Antoni Kocjan)

AmEagle

(AmEagle Corporation, aka* AmEagle American Eaglet)

American Falcon

American Spirit (glider constructor)

AMF

(AMF Microlight)

AMS Flight

Amstutz

(L. Lergier & Blaser / E. Amstutz, H. Belart & H. von Travel, Bern)

ANB

( Pytor Almurzin, Nikitin & Bogatov)

Andersson

(A.J. Andersson / Augsburger V.L.)

Andrews

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

Andrews

(Kenneth Edwin Andrews)

ANEC

(W. S. SHACKLETON / Air Navigation and Engineering Company)

Anotchenko

(N.D. Anotchenko a.k.a. Anoschenko ND Macaque)

Ansaldo

(José María Ansaldo)

Antoni brothers Antoni

(Antoni brothers)

Antonov

(Oleg K. Antonov / Antonov Design Bureau(OKB))

Antykacap

Apogs

Applebay Sailplanes

Ara

(Agence Rethéloise d'Aviation)

Archdeacon

(Ernest Archdeacon)

Armstrong-Whitworth

ARMV-2

(Atelierele de Reparatii Material Volant-2 – Pipera)

Armytage

(Norman Armytage)

Arplam

(All Reinforced Plastic Mouldings / Leuvense university Aero Club)

Arsenal

(Arsenal de l'Aéronautique)

Arup

(Arup Inc (fdr: Cloyd L Snyder), 231 Lincoln Way, South Bend IN.)

Arzeulov

(K.K. Arzeulov)

ASC

(Advanced Soaring Concepts / Jensen Tor)

Ashfield

(R. J. Ashfield)

ASUP

(Ugo Abate & Giovanni Pirelli / ASUP / Fratelli Visco, Somma Lombardo)

Ateliers Vosgiens

Aubiet

(Marceau Aubiet)

Auburn

(Robert J. Auburn)

August

(Henry August)

Aurora

(Aurora Training Sailplane Project)

Auseklis

AVF

(Akademiya Vozdushnogo Flota - Air Fleet Academy)

Avia

AVIA

(Ateliers vosgiens d'industrie aéronautique)

A.V.I.A.

(Azionaria Vercellese Industrie Aeronautiche – Francis Lombardi)

Aviad

(Aviad Francesco Di Martino)

Aviafiber

see:Farner

Avialsa

Aviamilano

(Aviamilano Costruzione Aeronautiche)

Aviastroitel

Aviatrust

Notes

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  5. "Aeronaves de la Aviación Naval Argentina a lo largo de su historia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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