This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available) Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.
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d'André d'André Aérovoile (1908 glider)
D'Otreppe (Bernard D'Otreppe) D'Otreppe biplane hang glider
Daams (Fred Daams) Daams Falcon
Daimler (Hans Klemm / Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft Werke - Daimler Aircraft Company) Daimler L15
Danieli Danieli Piuma
DAR (Drjavna Aeroplane Robotilnitsa – ДАР Държавната аеропланна работилница) DAR Albatros Albatros DAR Chuchuliga Chuchuliga DAR Rilski Orel Rilski Orel DAR Zdravka Toprakchiev – ДАР Здравка Топракчиев DAR Zdravka Vekilski – ДАР Здравка Векилски Lazarov Drangov – Zvetan Lazarov
Darmstadt (Darmstädter Flugsport-Vereinigung) Darmstadt FSV-2 Darmstadt FSV-2c Darmstadt FSV-8 Darmstadt FSV-X
Dansk Aero (Dansk Aero Verkstad) Dansk Aero 2G
Dart (Dart Aircraft Ltd) Dart Cambridge Dart Totternhoe Dart Grunau Baby Dart Zogling Dart replica Lilienthal glider Dart replica Cayley glider Dart replica Wright glider
Dart (Bob Dart) Dart Aero-5
Davies Davies Glider-1 Davies Glider-2
Davies-Nicholls (Ken Davies & Alf Nicholls) Davies-Nicholls Primary
Davis-Costin (P. Davis & F. Costin) Davis-Costin Condor Davis Condor 2
de Beaurein-John (Janusz de Beaurein & Edmund John) de Beaurein-John 1909 glider
de Glymes (de Glymes / SABCA - Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques) de Glymes Colanhan
de Havilland (de Havilland Aircraft Co) de Havilland DH.52
de Havilland Australia (de Havilland Aircraft Co) de Havilland DHA G-2 de Havilland DHA G-2 Glas II de Havilland EG-1 de Havilland EG-2
de Monge (Louis de Monge & Daniel Montague) de Monge DMP-1
de Rouge (Charles de Rouge) de Rougé Elytroplan Sigma
Degasperi (Luis E. Degasperi) Degásperi Primario
Degrandi (Howard V. DeGrandi) Degrandi Slope Soarer
Dehn (Karl Dehn) Dehn Ringwing
Delanne (Maurice Delanne) Delanne DL-190 Delanne DL-30 P2 Delanne DL-60 E1
Delone (N.B. Delone) Delone 1909 glider – Делоне 1909
Delta Sailplane Corporation Delta Sailplane Nomad
Démouveaux Démouveaux Aviator 1901
Descole (Ovidio Descole) Descole Tío Pelado
Dessau (Dessau F.V / Maschinenbau-Schule Dessau) Dessau Agfa
Detroit (Detroit Aircraft Corporation) Detroit G1 Gull
Detter Detter zmaj
Devon Gliding Club Dickson Primary
Dewoitine Dewoitine P-1 Dewoitine P-2 Dewoitine P-3 Dewoitine P-4
DFS (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug – German research institute for gliders) DFS 38 Quo Vadis DFS 40 DFS 42 Kormoran DFS 54 DFS 194 DFS 203 DFS 230 DFS 230 V7 (a completely new design) DFS 230 F DFS 331 DFS B6, high-performance sailplane DFS Bombenjäger DFS E 32, sailplane DFS Einheitsschulflugzeug (Standard Flight Trainer), glider, basic flight trainer (foldable tail) DFS Fafnir DFS Fafnir 2 São Paulo DFS Fliege IIa (Fly), sailplane DFS Ha III, high-performance sailplane DFS Habicht DFS Hangwind, basic trainer (twin-boom) DFS Jacht 71 (Yacht), sailplane DFS Kranich-II DFS Kranich DFS Maikäfer DFS Olympia Meise DFS Präsident (President), high-performance sailplane DFS Reiher DFS Rhönbussard DFS Rhönsperber DFS Motorsperber DFS Schulgleiter SG.38 DFS Seeadler DFS Sperber Junior DFS Sperber Senior DFS Stanavo, high-performance sailplane DFS Weihe
DG (DG Flugzeugbau GmbH) Glaser-Dirks DG-100 Glaser-Dirks DG-101 Glaser-Dirks DG-200 Glaser-Dirks DG-202 Glaser-Dirks DG-300 Elan Glaser-Dirks DG-303 Glaser-Dirks DG-400 Glaser-Dirks DG-500 Elan Glaser-Dirks DG-505 Elan Orion Glaser-Dirks DG-600 DG Flugzeugbau DG-800 DG Flugzeugbau DG-800B DG Flugzeugbau DG-800S DG Flugzeugbau DG-808 DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000 DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000T
Diamond Aircraft (HOAC AG / Wolf Hoffmann Flugzeugbau AG / Diamond Aircraft Industries) H36 Dimona H36 Dimona MkII H36D Dimona H38 Observer HK36 Super Dimona HK36 Dimona HK36R Super Dimona HK36TS Super Dimona HK36TC Super Dimonah HK36TC-100 Super Dimona HK36TTS Super Dimona HK36TTC Super Dimona HK36TTC Eco Dimona Diamond DA36 E-Star HOAC LF2000
Diana Sailplanes Diana-2
Dieder (Ormand Dieder) Dieder glider
Diessner Diessner MD-1
Distar Air Distar UFM-13 Lambada
Dittmar (Flugzeugbau Heini Dittmar) (The Condor series were built by several manufacturers) Dittmar HD-1 Condor Dittmar Condor II Dittmar Condor IIA Dittmar Condor III Dittmar Condor IV Dittmar HD-53 Möwe Dittmar HD-153 Motor-Möwe Dittmar Motor-Condor La Falda
Djurin Djurin Komarac I (Ustvari motorizovana Cavka - motorized Cavka glider)
Dobahov Dobahov Krymosoaviahim (Добахов)
Dobrovolski (S. P. Dobrovloski) Dobrovolski 1911
Dohnálek Dohnálek D-1 Exp. 1922 Dohnálek D-3 Tyny 1925 Dohnálek Nina 1925
Doktor Fiberglas (Ursula Hanle) Doktor Fiberglas H 101 Salto
Domenjoz (John Auguste Domenjoz) Domenjoz glider Domenjoz Planeur-Voilier
Domrachev (Y. V. Domrachev) Domrachev Leningrad – (Домрачева Ленинград)
Dorset Gliding Club Dorsling 1932 glider
DOSAAF (DOSAAF - Dobrovol'noe Obschestvo Sodesystviya Armii Aviatcii i Flotu - voluntary society for assistance to the army air force and navy) DOSAAF Aktivista
Douglas (Douglas Aircraft Company) Douglas XCG-17 Douglas XCG-19
Drzewiecki (Jerzy Drzewiecki / Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze) Drzewiecki SL-2 Czarny Kot – Second Polish Glider Contest No.6 17 May – 15 June 1925
DSK (Duster Sailplane Kits / Ben Jansson and H. Einar Thor) DSK BJ-1 Dynamite DSK BJ-1b Duster
DTGL (Gian Luigi Della Torre) DTGL Fabrizio DTGL Sant' Ambrogio
DuPont (Richard DuPont) DuPont Utility
Dunne (J. W. Dunne) Dunne D.1 Dunne D.4
Dunning (Dunning / Southdown Gliding Club) Dunning 1934 glider
Dunstable (Dunstable Sailplane co.) Dunstable 1939 glider – Dunstable Sailplane Company Dunstable Devil – Dunstable Sailplane Company Dunstable Hyper-Hols – Dunstable Sailplane Company Dunstable Kestrel Dunstable Primary Dunstable Golden Eagle Dunstable Goshawk
Dvořáček (Břetislav Dvořáček) Dvořáček BDV-2
Dzelzcelnieks Dzelzcelnieks glider Dzelzcelnieks II Dzelzcelnieks III
Działowski (Stanislaw Dzalialowski & Mieczyslaw Dzalialowski) Działowski Bydgoszczanka (No.2) – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
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