Engineering: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.
L
La Mouette
(Hang gliders - Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France)
- La Mouette Atlas
- La Mouette Chronos
- La Mouette Cosmos
- La Mouette O2B
- La Mouette Profil
- La Mouette Revo
- La Mouette Samson
- La Mouette Skybike
- La Mouette Sphinx
- La Mouette Top Model
- La Mouette Topless
- La Mouette Top Secret
L.A.D.
(Light Aircraft Development Co.)
- L.A.D. Mita 3 Kai 1
- L.A.D. SS-2
Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin
- Laffont-Mouillard-Cousin 1915 glider[2]
Lagasse
(Jean-René Lagasse)
- Lagasse 1901 glider
- Lagasse Cruiser
- Lagasse Éole A
- Lagasse Éole B
- Lagasse R-4
- Lagasse R-9
- Lagasse Simplex
- Lagasse Sulky
- Lagasse Sulky-Biplace
Laister
( Jack W. Laister / Laister-Kauffmann)
- Laister Yankee Doodle
- Laister Yankee Doodle 2
- Laister LP-15 Nugget
- Laister LP-46
- Laister LP-49
- Laister Universal 2-Place
- Laister-Kauffmann LK-10
- Laister-Kauffman TG-4
- Laister-Kauffman XCG-10 (Original design – completely different from later XCG-10A)
- Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A Trojan Horse
LAK
(LAK – Lietuviška Aviacinė Konstrukcija / (some production by ESAG – Eksperimentine Sportines Aviacijos Gamykla)
- LAK-05 Nemunas[3]
- LAK-8
- LAK-9
- LAK-10 Lietuva[3]
- LAK-11 Nida[3]
- LAK-12 Lietuva
- LAK-12 Lietuva 2R
- LAK-14 Strazdas[3]
- LAK-15
- LAK-16
- LAK-17
- LAK-19
- LAK-20
- Sportinë Aviacija SL-2P (aka Kensgaila VK-7)
- LAK Genesis 2
Lampich
(Ãrpád Lampich / Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr)
- Gyõr-2 (Ã. Lampich)
- Lampich LS-16
Lamson
(Phil Lamson)
Lamson
(Robert Lamson)
- Lamson L-106 Alcor
Landmann
(Hermann Landmann – Institut für Flugzeugkonstruktion der Technischen Hochschule Dresden)
- Landmann Jupp
- Landmann La-03
- Landmann La-06
- Landmann LA-16 V-1 Lerche
- Landmann LA-16 V-2 Heidelerche
- Landmann LA-17
- Krüger Schlägel und Eisen – Hermann Landmann & Nowack
Landes-Derouin
(Landes Frères & Derouin - Robert Landes, Théo Landes and Derouin / Louis Bréguet)
- Landes-Derouin
- Landes Oiseau Bleu
- Landes-Bréguet Mouette
Lange
- Lange Antares 20E
- Lange Antares 18S/T
- Lange Antares 23E
Langhammer
(Egon Scheibe / Bitz-Linner-Zoller)
- Langhammer L-10 Libelle
Langley
(Ernest Langley)
- Langley Sailplane
Larson
- Larson Utility
Latimer-Needham
(C. H. Latimer-Needham / R.F.D. Co, Guilford)
- Latimer-Needham Albatross
Latvian Aero Club Olaine
- Vanadzins
(Paul Laubenthal)
- Laubenthal Musterle
- Laubenthal Lore
- Laubenthal Württemberg
Lauk
(Peep Lauk – Estonia)
- Lauk Flying Wing – Estonia – Lauk, Peep
Launics
(Fricis Launics / 48th Glider Aviator Group, Krustpils (LU))
- Launics Krustpilietis
Lawrence
(L.W. Lawrence)
- Lawrence Water Glider
Lazarov
(Tzvetan Lazarov / DAR (Darzhavna Aeroplanna Rabotilnica) - Bozurishte, Bulgaria)
- Lazarov Polkovnik Drangov (Лазаров Дрангов)
LCF
(Luftsport-Club Friedrichshafen)
- LCF-II
le Bris
(Jean-Marie le Bris)
- le Bris Aéro-Voilier
- le Bris Albatros
- le Bris La Barque Ailée
Lee-Richards
(Cedric Lee & G. Tilghman Richards / annular wing patent from G.J.A. Kitchen, Williband Franz Zelger and Isaac Henry Storey)
- Lee-Richards 1912 annular biplane glider
Leeming
(John Fishwick LEEMING, Clement WOOD & Tom PRINCE)
- Leeming LPW
Leffler-MacFarlane
(Al Leffler, Walt MacFarlane, Bill Meyer)
Lefort
(Lucien Lefort)
- Lefort Triplan
Leonard
(Bob Leonard)
- Leonard Annebula
Leonard
(Whitmar Leonard / Leonard Motorless Aircraft, 32 Crescent Street, N.w., Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- Leonard LPT-1
- Leonard LPT-2
Leroy
(G. Leroy (Professeur Technique à l'École Professionelle d'Évreux)/ Aéroc-Club de l'Eure)
- Leroy MP-30-CV
- Leroy Motoplaneur
Lesh-Wulpi
(Lawrence J. Lesh & James M. Wulpi)
- Lesh 1907
- Lesh-Wulpi 1908 glider
Letov
- Letov Š-17
- Letov Š-22
- Letov LF-107 Luňák
- Letov XLF-207 Laminar
- Letov KB-9 – SLANOVEC, Marjan
- Letov LG-130 Kmotr
- Letov LD-60-5[4]
Let Kunovice
- LET L-13 Blaník
- LET L-13AC Blanik 13.85m span-aerobatic
- LET L-13J Blanik motorglider
- LET L-21 Spartak - DLOUHI, K.
- LET L-22
- LET L-23 Super Blaník
- LET L-33 Solo - MECIAR, Marian & ZAJIC,V...
- Let LF-109 Pionýr
- Let VT-16 Orlik
- Let VT-116 Orlik II
- Let TG-10
LETOV
(LETOV - Yugoslavia)
- LETOV Cavka
- LETOV Jastreb 54
- LETOV KB-1 Triglav I
- LETOV K2A Triglav II
- LETOV KB-2 Udarnik
- LETOV KB-3 Triglav III
- LETOV KB-5 Jadran
- LETOV KB-9
- LETOV KBI-14 Mačka
- LETOV (AK-ST-21) 21
- LETOV (AK-ST-22) 22
- LETOV Vrabac A
Leyat
(Marcel Leyat / Mr Audra / Association Française Aérienne)
- Leyat 1909 glider
- Leyat 1924 glider
LFG
(G. Baatz / Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft, Stralsund)
- LFG Boot-Phönix
LIBIS
(Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia)
- LIBIS-17 – PRHAVC, Jože
- LIBIS 18
- LIBIS L-22[5]
- Libis KB-17 Kondor
- Libis KB-18
Lightwing
(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee)
(Otto Lilienthal)
- Lilienthal 1890 glider
- Lilienthal 1893 glider
- Lilienthal 1896 glider
- Lilienthal Derwitzer Glider (1891)
- Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat (1894)
- Lilienthal Standard Doppeldecker Nr 13
Lindner
(Fiberglas-Technik Rudolf Lindner)
- Lindner Phoebus B3[3]
(Alexander Lippisch)
- Lippisch 1920 biplane glider
- Lippisch Zögling
- Lippisch Prüfling
- Lippisch Delta
- Lippisch Ente
- Lippisch Falke
- Lippisch Storch
- Lippisch Storch II
- Lippisch Storch III
- Lippisch Storch IV
- Lippisch Storch V
- Lippisch Storch VI
- Lippisch Storch VII
- Lippisch Storch VIII Marabu
- Lippisch Grüne Post
- Lippisch Professor
- Lippisch Wien
- Lippisch Fafnir
- Lippisch Urubu OBS
- Lippisch Fafnir 2 (São Paulo)
- Djävlar Anamma (Devil take it)
Liwentaal
(Alexandre Liwentaal)
- Liwentaal Aerostat – Alexandre Liwentaal
LO
(LO-Fluggerätebau)
- LO 120S
Loessl (Eugen)
(Eugen von Loessl - killed on the Wasserkuppe on 9 August 1920 flying the E.v.L.1)
- Lössl E.v.L.1[8]
Loessl (Ernst)
(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl)
Lohner
(Lohner Flugzeugbau)
- Lohner-Burchardt III (Wilhelm Burchardt)
- Lohner-Umlauff Rodelgleiter (Lohner & Hans von Umlauff)
- Lohner Kress (Leopold Bauer)
Loitron-Delage
(Loitron & Delage)
- Loitron-Delage 1909 glider
Lombarda
(Aeronautica Lombarda / Camillo Silva)
- Lombarda AL-3 / Silva AL-3
- Lombarda GP.1 Pinguino / Pinguino GP.1 (GP – Maurizio Garbell & Ermenegildo Preti)
- Lombarda GP.2 Asiago / Asiago GP.2
- Lombarda AL-12P
- Lombarda A.R.
- Lombarda Assalto Radioguidato
Lommatzsch
(VEB Apparatebau Lommarzsch, Raubaaerstr. 4, Lommatzsch/Sa. (DDR))
- Lommatzsch FES-530 Lehrmeister
- Lommatzsch Lom-55 I Libelle – Heinz Roessing & Landemann
- Lommatzsch Lom-57 Libelle
- Lommatzsch Lom-58 I Libelle Standard
- Lommatzsch Lom-58 II Libelle Laminar
- Lommatzsch Lom-59 Lo-Meise
- Lommatzsch Lom-61 Favorit
L.O.P.P.
(L.O.P.P. – Liga Obrony Powietrznej i Przeciwgazowej – League of Air and Anti-gas Defence / Icarus)
- L.O.P.P. Poznan Ikar
Loravia
- Loravia KV-1[12]
- Loravia KV-2[13]
- Loravia KV-3A[14]
- Loravia KV-4[15]
- Loravia LCA-10 Topaze[16]
- Loravia LCA-11 Topaze[17]
Lössl
(Ernst von Lössl)
- Lössl SB-1 Münchener Eindecker
- Lössl SB-2
- Lössl SB-3
- Lössl E.v.L.1
- Lössl 1920 Wasserkuppe Glider
Lowe-Wylde
(Charles H. Lowe-Wylde)
- Lowe-Wylde Colombus
Loyko Tandem L-1
(LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR))
- Loyko Tandem L-1[18]
Lucas
(Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas)
Luków School
- Luków School Glider
Lunds Tekniske
- Lunds Tekniske Silhiuette
Lünger-Kohler
(Hans Lünger & Josef Kohler)
- Lünger-Kohler Beta 1
Lush
(Vladimir S. Lush)
- Lush Swift
Lüty
(Paul Lüty / Sportflugzeugbau, Hülserstrasse 398, Krefeld)
- Luty Ly-542 K Stösser
Lutz
(Werner Lutz)
- Lutz Welu-48
LWL
(Lwowskie Warsztaty Lotnicze – Lwów Aviation Workshops)
- P.W.S.101
- P.W.S.102 Rekin (Shark)
- P.W.S.103
Lwowskich Uczniów
(Kazimierz Baszniak, Wlodzimierz Siemiuła & Aleksander Sokalski)
- Lwowskich Uczniów 1910 glider
Lyushin Maori
(S. N. Lyushin)
- Lyushin Maori – S. N. Lyushin
Notes
- ↑ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur M.. French aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. ISBN 1891268090.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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
- ↑ Mrazek, James E. (1977). Fighting gliders of World War II. London: Hale. pp. 37-42. ISBN 978-0312289270.
- ↑ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
- ↑ John W.R. Taylor, ed (1987). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 9780710608505.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Lössl E.v.L.1". 2010-08-12. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=2230. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ↑ "Loessl SB-2". 2009-11-15. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=2232. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Langsdorff, Werner von (1931) (in German). Das Segelflugzeug. München: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag.
- ↑ "Loessl SB-3". 2009-12-30. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=2231. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ↑ "Loravia KV-1". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=832. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Loravia KV-2". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=833. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Loravia KV-3A". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=834. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Loravia KV-4". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=835. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Loravia LCA-10 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=836. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Loravia LCA-11 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=2498. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ "Loyko Tandem L-1" (in French). 1 April 2017. https://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=1072. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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