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List of gliders (L)

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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La Mouette

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(Hang gliders - Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France)

L.A.D.

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(Light Aircraft Development Co.)

Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin

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Lagasse

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(Jean-René Lagasse)

Laister

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( Jack W. Laister / Laister-Kauffmann)

LAK

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(LAK – Lietuviška Aviacinė Konstrukcija / (some production by ESAG – Eksperimentine Sportines Aviacijos Gamykla)

Lampich

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(Ãrpád Lampich / Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr)

Lamson

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(Phil Lamson)

Lamson

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(Robert Lamson)

Landmann

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(Hermann Landmann – Institut für Flugzeugkonstruktion der Technischen Hochschule Dresden)

Landes-Derouin

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(Landes Frères & Derouin - Robert Landes, Théo Landes and Derouin / Louis Bréguet)

Lange

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Langhammer

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(Egon Scheibe / Bitz-Linner-Zoller)

Langley

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(Ernest Langley)

Larson

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Latimer-Needham

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(C. H. Latimer-Needham / R.F.D. Co, Guilford)

Latvian Aero Club Olaine

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Laubenthal

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(Paul Laubenthal)

Lauk

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(Peep Lauk – Estonia)

Launics

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(Fricis Launics / 48th Glider Aviator Group, Krustpils (LU))

Lawrence

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(L.W. Lawrence)

Lazarov

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(Tzvetan Lazarov / DAR (Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnica) - Bozurishte, Bulgaria)

LCF

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(Luftsport-Club Friedrichshafen)

le Bris

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(Jean-Marie le Bris)

Lee-Richards

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(Cedric Lee & G. Tilghman Richards / annular wing patent from G.J.A. Kitchen, Williband Franz Zelger and Isaac Henry Storey)

Leeming

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(John Fishwick LEEMING, Clement WOOD & Tom PRINCE)

Leffler-MacFarlane

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(Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer)

Lefort

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(Lucien Lefort)

Leonard

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(Bob Leonard)

Leonard

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(Whitmar Leonard / Leonard Motorless Aircraft, 32 Crescent Street, N.w., Grand Rapids, Michigan)

Leroy

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(G. Leroy (Professeur Technique à l'École Professionelle d'Évreux)/ Aéroc-Club de l'Eure)

Lesh-Wulpi

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(Lawrence J. Lesh & James M. Wulpi)

Letov

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Let Kunovice

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LETOV

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(LETOV - Yugoslavia)

Leyat

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(Marcel Leyat / Mr Audra / Association Française Aérienne)

LFG

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(G. Baatz / Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft, Stralsund)

LIBIS

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(Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia)

Lightwing

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(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee)

Lilienthal

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(Otto Lilienthal)

Lindner

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(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner)

Lippisch

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(Alexander Lippisch)

Liwentaal

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(Alexandre Liwentaal)

LO

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(LO-Fluggerätebau)

Loessl (Eugen)

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(Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1)

Loessl (Ernst)

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(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl)

Lohner

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(Lohner Flugzeugbau)

Loitron-Delage

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(Loitron & Delage)

Lombarda

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(Aeronautica Lombarda / Camillo Silva)

Lommatzsch

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(VEB Apparatebau Lommarzsch, Raubaaerstr. 4, Lommatzsch/Sa. (DDR))

L.O.P.P.

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(L.O.P.P. – Liga Obrony Powietrznej i Przeciwgazowej – League of Air and Anti-gas Defence / Icarus)

Loravia

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Lössl

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(Ernst von Lössl)

Lowe-Wylde

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(Charles H. Lowe-Wylde)

Loyko Tandem L-1

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(LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR))

Lucas

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(Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas)

Luków School

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Lunds Tekniske

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Lünger-Kohler

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(Hans Lünger & Josef Kohler)

Lush

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(Vladimir S. Lush)

Lüty

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(Paul Lüty / Sportflugzeugbau, Hülserstrasse 398, Krefeld)

Lutz

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(Werner Lutz)

LWL

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(Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze – Lwów Aviation Workshops)

Lwowskich Uczniów

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(Kazimierz Baszniak, Wlodzimierz Siemiuła & Aleksander Sokalski)

Lyushin Maori

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(S. N. Lyushin)

Notes

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  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur M. (January 2002). French aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. ISBN 1891268090.
  3. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. pp. 37-42. ISBN 978-0312289270.
  5. ^ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  6. ^ John W.R. Taylor, ed. (1987). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 9780710608505.
  7. ^ Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1988). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1988-89. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.
  8. ^ "Lössl E.v.L.1". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Loessl SB-2". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  10. ^ a b Langsdorff, Werner von (1931). Das Segelflugzeug (in German). München: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag.
  11. ^ "Loessl SB-3". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2009-12-30. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Loravia KV-1". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Loravia KV-2". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  14. ^ "Loravia KV-3A". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  15. ^ "Loravia KV-4". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  16. ^ "Loravia LCA-10 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  17. ^ "Loravia LCA-11 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  18. ^ "Loyko Tandem L-1". j2mcl-planeurs (in French). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

Further reading

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