List of gliders (K)

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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

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KAI

(Kazan Aviation Institute – Казанский авиационный институт)

Kaiser

(Rudolf Kaiser)

Kalinin OKB

Kantor-Kurklik

(František Kantor & Karel Kurklik)

Karpinski

Karski

(Julian Karski)

Karvelis

(Balys Karvelis)

Kasper

(Witold Kasper)

Kasprzyk

Kassel

(Segelflugzeugbau Kassel)

Kayaba

Kegel

(Kegel-Flugzeugbau Kassel / Max Kegel and Fritz Ackermann using logo AK / renamed Segelflugzeugbau Kassel using logo SK)

Keihikoki

Kelsey

(Frank Kelsey)

Kemeny

(Sándor Kemeny / MÁV Istvántelki Fõmûhely, Sportárutermelõ V. (former Aero Ever Ltd.), Esztergom)

Kendall

(Hugh Kendall)

Kenilworth

Kennedy-Watson

(Harold Kennedy and Floyd Watson)

Kensgailos

(Vlado Kensgailos)

Kesselyàk

(Mihály Kesselyak / Workshop of the Airplane Service of the Hungarian Agricultural Ministry, Nyiregyháza)

KhAI

(Kharkov Aviation Institute)

Keith-Weiss

(Alexander Keith & José Weiss)

Kimura

(Dr. Hidemasa Kimura)

Király-Berkovice

Kirchner

(Wilhelm Kirchner at Kassel / Niederhessischer Verein für Luftfahrt)

Kirigamine

(Kirigamine Glider Manufacturing Co.)

Kissinger-Crookes

( Curtiss Kissinger, LeRoy Crookes)

Kittelberger

(Walter & Karl Kittelberger)

Klementyev

(P. Klementyev)

Klobučar

(Viktor Klobučar)

Klotz

K.L.S.

('Start' Aviation Circle)

Knechtel

(Ing. Wilhelm Knechtel)

Kocjan

(Antoni Kocjan)

Kodytek

(Josef Kodytek)

Köhl

(Hermann Köhl / Koehl)

Kohler

(Spud Kohler)

Kokusai

(Kokusai Koku Aircraft Company)

Kolbányi

Kolesnikov

(D.N. Kolesnikov)

Komadori

Königsberg Lüwa III

(Ostpreußischer Verein für Luftfahrt, Königsberg)

Korolev

(Sergei P. Korolev)

Konrad

(F. Konrad / Konrad Segelflugzeugbau)

Kopp

Kortenbach & Rauh

(designed by Schultes, Seidel and Putz)

Gilbert Kosellek

(Gilbert Kosellek)

Koser

(KB – Koser-Branko)

Kostenko-Rauschenbusch

(Костенко-Раушенбах ЛАК-1/2)

Kourouvakalis-Pikros

(Platon Kourouvakalis & Costas Pikros)

Koutný

(Ladislav Koutný)

Kouzakov

(M.A. Kouzakov)

Kovalenko

Koželuh

(Štkpt. Koželuh / Dílny 3, leteckého pluku v Nitrě)

Kráľovič

(Anton Kráľovič)

Krekel

(Paul Krekel- Hans H. Hünebeck, Metall- und Rohrbau, Duisburg)

Kristovskogo

(E. Kristovskogo)

Kromer

(H. Kromer / Deutscher Fliegerbund, Mähr.-Schönberg)

Kronfeld

(Robert Kronfeld)

Krutchkoff

Kryšpín

(Jan Kryšpín / Továrně Avia)

Krząkała

(Wiktor Krząkała)

Ksoll

(J. Ksoll)

Kubicki

(Jan Kubicki)

Kućfir

(Konrad Kućfir)

Kuffner

(Werner Kuffner / WK-Flugzeugtechnik, Peenemünde, DE)

Kuhelj

(Anton Kuhelj)

Küpper

(August Küpper)

Kusbach-Bartoník-Kotolánem

(Kusbach Bartoník & Kotolánem)

Kuzmickas

(Antanas Kuzmickas)

Kyushu

(Hiroshi Sato, Osamu Hiroshi & Naka Maruta / Kyushu University)

Notes

  1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS. (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN   0-7106-0748-2
  4. "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. Lambert, Mark; Munson, Kenneth; Taylor, Michael J.H., eds. (1991). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1991-92 (82nd ed.). Coulson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN   978-0710609656.
  7. "Anemopsaro" (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  8. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd.
  9. 1 2 Heide Liebhart. "VERFOLGT - VERTRIEBEN - ERMORDET-ZUR MAHNENDEN ERINNERUNG DURCH STRASSENBENENNUNGEN IN WIEN 23" (in German). Retrieved 2008-06-27.

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