List of gliders (W)

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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W.W.S.

(Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe – military glider workshops)

• W.W.S.1 Salamandra
• W.W.S.2 Żaba (Frog)
• W.W.S.3 Delfin (Dolphin)

Waco

• Waco CG-3A
• Waco CG-4A
• Waco CG-13A
• Waco CG-15
• Waco Primary
• Northwestern PG-1 (CG-4)
• Ridgefield PG-2 (CG-4)
• Waco PG-3 (CG-15)
• Waco LRW (CG-4)
• Waco LR2W USN transport glider

Wagener

(H. Wagener)

• Wagener H.F.V. 17 Pirat

Waibel-Butler

(Gerhard Waibel & Dick Butler & Loek Boermans & Johannes Dillinger)

• Waibel-Butler Concordia

Walker

(Sam Walker)

• Walker Aria

Wallisa

(Józef Walis)

• Wallisa S-I No.18 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
• Wallisa S-III No.19 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Walters

(Fred Walters)

• Walters Sinbad I

Walther

(Don Walther of Christchurch, New Zealand )

• Walther Boffin-Coffin

Warner

(Martin Warner & Allan J. Campbell)

• Warner Brolga
• Warner Kite 2
• Warner-Campbell Kite 1

Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum

(Chrzanowski-Gymnasiums in Warszawa)

• Warszawa Uczniów Gymnazjum glider

Wassmer

(Ets. Benjamin Wassmer / Wassmer Aviation SA)

• Wassmer WA 20 Javelot
• Wassmer WA 21 Javelot II
• Wassmer WA 22 Super Javelot
• Wassmer WA 22 Super Javelot 64
• Wassmer WA-22-28
• Wassmer WA-23
• Wassmer WA 26 Squale
• Wassmer WA 26 CM Squale Marfa
• Wassmer WA 28 Espadon
• Wassmer WA 30 Bijave
• Wassmer KBK-10
• Wassmer-SIREN H-230

Watson-Northrop

(J.P. Watson & Jack Northrop)

• Watson-Northrop 1929 glider

Weber Rostov

• Weber EW-1 – ANDRÖS, & MÜLLER
• Weber EW-2 – WEBER, Ernst
• Weber EW-3 Libelle
• Weber EW-18

Weber-Landolf-Münch

• Weber-Landolf-Münch WLM-1
• Weber-Landolf-Münch WLM-2

Weiss

(José Weiss)

• Weiss 1914 glider
• Weiss Joker
• Weiss Olive

Weltensegler

(Weltensegler G.m.b.H)

• Weltensegler Feldberg aka Strandpromenade ?)
• Weltensegler Baden-Baden Stolz

Wenham (glider constructor)

• Wenham Multiplane 1858

Westmacott

(R. J. Westmacott & K. Westmacott)

• Westmacott Skylark

Wezel

(Martin Wezel Flugzeugtechnik)

• Wezel Viva
• Wezel Apis 2

Whigham

(Eugene Whigham)

• Whigham GW-1
• Whigham GW-2
• Whigham GW-3
• Whigham GW-4
• Whigham GW-5
• Whigham GW-6
• Whigham GW-7

Whisper

(Whisper Aircraft)

• Whisper Motor Glider

Whitehead

(Gustave Whitehead, née Weiskopf)

• Whitehead 1897 glider

Widmaier

(Kuno Widmaier)

• Widmaier KW-2 Biguá
• Widmaier GB-1 Quero

Wiederkehr

• Wiederkehr GHW-1 Cu-Climber
• Wiederkehr GHW-2

Wiesner

(Jaroslav Wiesner)

• Wiesner Schrudim

Wikner

(Geoffrey Neville Wikner)

• Wikner Golden Sparrow
• Wikner-Lindner Secondary

Wilkes (glider constructor)

• Wilkes BMW-1

Wilkinson (glider constructor)

• Wilkinson Mk 1
• Wilkinson Mk 2

Wimmer-Dewald

(Josef Immer & Alexander Dewald)

• Wimmer-Dewald Leonardo 2000

Wind

(Willy Wind)

• Wind Wi-1^[2]

Windward Performance

(Greg Cole)

• Windward Performance Perlan II
• Windward Performance SparrowHawk
• Windward Performance DuckHawk
• Windward Performance JetHawk
• Windward Performance GosHawk

Wishart

(Alfred William Wishart)

• Wishart 1930 glider
• Wishart Biplane glider

WLM

(WLM Flugingenieure / Rudolf Sägesser / Isler & Co, Wildegg / H. Sägesser, Flugzeugbbau, Herzogenbuchsee)

• WLM-1
• WLM-2

Wright

(Peter W. Wright)

• Wright Micron
• Wright MPA – man powered aircraft
• Wright Falcon^[3]

Wright Bros.

(Wilbur & Orville Wright)

• Wright 1900
• Wright 1901
• Wright 1902
• Wright IV 1911

WS

(Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops)

• WS SG-3
• WS SG-3bis/36
• WS SG-7
• WS SG-21 Lwów
• WS SG-28
• WS Mewa (Gull)
• WS Orlik

WWS

(Wiegand und Wisser Sportflugzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG)

• WWS WM-1

Notes

1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
2. ZUERL, HUBERT (1955). Deutsche Segelflugzeuge (einschl. Motorsegler und Muster der Bundesrepublik Österreich) (PDF) (in German). MÜNCHEN: Aero-Verlag. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
3. Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2

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