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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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(Kazan Aviation Institute – Казанский авиационный институт)
(Rudolf Kaiser)
(František Kantor & Karel Kurklik)
(Julian Karski)
(Balys Karvelis)
(Witold Kasper)
(Segelflugzeugbau Kassel)
(Kegel-Flugzeugbau Kassel / Max Kegel and Fritz Ackermann using logo AK / renamed Segelflugzeugbau Kassel using logo SK)
(Frank Kelsey)
(Sándor Kemeny / MÁV Istvántelki Fõmûhely, Sportárutermelõ V. (former Aero Ever Ltd.), Esztergom)
(Hugh Kendall)
(Harold Kennedy and Floyd Watson)
(Vlado Kensgailos)
(Mihály Kesselyak / Workshop of the Airplane Service of the Hungarian Agricultural Ministry, Nyiregyháza)
(Kharkov Aviation Institute)
(Alexander Keith & José Weiss)
(Dr. Hidemasa Kimura)
(Wilhelm Kirchner at Kassel / Niederhessischer Verein für Luftfahrt)
(Kirigamine Glider Manufacturing Co.)
( Curtiss Kissinger, LeRoy Crookes)
(Walter & Karl Kittelberger)
(P. Klementyev)
(Viktor Klobučar)
('Start' Aviation Circle)
(Ing. Wilhelm Knechtel)
(Antoni Kocjan)
(Josef Kodytek)
(Hermann Köhl / Koehl)
(Spud Kohler)
(Kokusai Koku Aircraft Company)
(D.N. Kolesnikov)
(Ostpreußischer Verein für Luftfahrt, Königsberg)
(Sergei P. Korolev)
(F. Konrad / Konrad Segelflugzeugbau)
(designed by Schultes, Seidel and Putz)
(Gilbert Kosellek)
(KB – Koser-Branko)
(Костенко-Раушенбах ЛАК-1/2)
(Platon Kourouvakalis & Costas Pikros)
(Ladislav Koutný)
(M.A. Kouzakov)
(Štkpt. Koželuh / Dílny 3, leteckého pluku v Nitrě)
(Anton Kráľovič)
(Paul Krekel- Hans H. Hünebeck, Metall- und Rohrbau, Duisburg)
(E. Kristovskogo)
(H. Kromer / Deutscher Fliegerbund, Mähr.-Schönberg)
(Robert Kronfeld)
(Jan Kryšpín / Továrně Avia)
(Wiktor Krząkała)
(J. Ksoll)
(Jan Kubicki)
(Konrad Kućfir)
(Werner Kuffner / WK-Flugzeugtechnik, Peenemünde, DE)
(Anton Kuhelj)
(August Küpper)
(Kusbach Bartoník & Kotolánem)
(Antanas Kuzmickas)
(Hiroshi Sato, Osamu Hiroshi & Naka Maruta / Kyushu University)
The DFS Olympia Meise was a German sailplane designed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS) for Olympic competition, based on the DFS Meise.
The Schleicher K 8 is a single-seat glider designed by Rudolf Kaiser and built by the Alexander Schleicher company of Germany.
Antoni Kocjan was a renowned Polish glider constructor and a contributor to the intelligence services of the Polish Home Army during World War II.
The Scheibe Spatz is a German glider with a mixed metal and wood construction that was built in 1952 until 1962. Later versions were known as the L-Spatz, the letter L standing for Leistung, which is German for "performance".
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 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 Schleicher Ka-4 Rhönlerche II, sometimes called the KA-4 or even K 4, is a West German high-wing, strut-braced, two-seat glider that was designed by Rudolf Kaiser and produced by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.
The Schleicher K7 Rhönadler, aka Ka-7 or K-7, is a West German high-wing, two-seat, glider that was designed by Rudolf Kaiser and produced by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.
The Scheibe Specht is a tandem seat training glider produced in Germany in the early 1950s. More than fifty were built.
The Schleicher Ka-2 Rhönschwalbe is a tandem two-seat training glider designed and built in Germany, in 1952.