List of gliders (V)

This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists most 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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V

Váhala-Pleško

(Hubert Váhala & Štefan Pleško / Dílny PO MLL Sodomka, Vysoké Mýto, Pardubice, Bohemia)

Váhaly-Sands

(H. Váhaly & S. Sands)

Vakhmistrov-Tikhonravov

(V. Vakhmistrov & M. Tikhonravov)

Valentin

(Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH / Valentin GmbH Geräte und Maschinebau)

Valette

(Aimé Valette)

Valk

(Solomon Fedorovitch Valk / Nikitin)

Valmiera Aviation Festival

van Dusen

(William van Dusen)

Vanags

(Latvia)

Varoga-Počkaj

(Aleš Varoga - Duša Počkaj)

Vasquez (glider constructor)

Vaughn

(Horace Vaughn)

Vaysse

(Pierre Vaysse)

VEF

(Eizens Delle / Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika - State Electrotechnical Factory)

Vekchine

(G. D. Vekchine)

Verrimst-Maneyrol

(Robert Verrimst & Alexis Maneyrol)

Vetterli

(Ernst Vetterli)

VFW-Fokker

(VFW-Fokker GmbH)

VG (glider constructor)

Viana (glider constructor)

Viesturs (glider constructor)

Vila

(Eliseo Vila)

Vine (glider constructor)

Vinklar

(Karel VINKLAR & Josef ŠVÉBIŠ)

Vlaicu

(Aurel Vlaicu)

VMA

Voepel

Vogt

Voisin

(Appareils d'Aviation Les Frères Voisin - Gabriel Voisin & Charles Voisin)

Voříšek

(Jaroslav Voříšek)

VSM

(Ladislav Smerček / Vývojová Skupina Morava)

VSR Musachevo

(Panov & Panchovsky)

VTRZ Jastreb

Vuillemenot

(Roger Vuillemenot)

VSB

(Vysokoškolského Sportu Brno)

VTC

(Vazduhoplovno Tehnicki Centar, Vrsac)

Vyskočil

(Jaroslav Vyskočil)

VZ (glider constructor)

(VZ - Novi Sad Roda)

Notes

  1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 40–41.

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