Engineering:List of gliders (R)
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.
R
Raciti
(A. Raciti)
- Raciti Grifone
Raab
(Fritz Raab)
- Raab R2
- Raab Doppelraab
- Raab Krähe
- Pützer Motorraab – built by Alfons Pützer
Raab-Katzenstein
(Raab-Katzenstein Flugzeugwerk GmbH (RaKa) - Antonius RAAB & Kurt KATZENSTEIN)
- Raab-Katzenstein RK-7 Schmetterling[2]
Rackaři
- Rackaři ŠBK-1 Racek-1
Radab
(Sven Olof Ridder & Harald Unden – Radab)
- Radab Windex 1100
- Radab Windex 1200C
Raddings-Locke
(J. E. Raddings & W. E. Locke / Hull Gliding Club, Hedon, Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
- Radlock Trainer
J. A. I. Reid
(J. A. I. Reid)
- Reid Small Glider
Reinhard
(Gerhard Reinhard)
Renard
(Charles Renard)
- Renard Décaplan Aéride
Rensselaer
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
REP
(Robert Esnault-Pelterie)
- REP Type-1
- REP Type-2
Reussner
- Reussner J.C.R. 1
- Reussner Swift
- Reussner-Brown Biplace – Reussner, J. C. & Brown, T. A.
RFB
(Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH)
- Rhein Flugzeugbau RW-3
- RFB Sirius II
Ree-Miller
(Terry Miller & John Ree & Bill Ree)
- Ree-Miller Cherokee RM
Revallo
(Ján Revallo)
- Revallo R-1 Urpín
Reynard
(Reynard Glider Construction Co, Aylestone, Leicester, United Kingdom)
- Reynard R.4 Primary (aka Reynolds R.4 Primary?)
RFD
(Reginald Foster Dagnall / R.F.D. Co )
- RFD Primary Type AT (Dagling)
- RFD 2 Sailplane
Richardson
(Geoff Richardson)
- Richardson Golden Eagle
Richter
(Hans Richter)
- Richter Möwe
Ridgefield
(Ridgefield Manufacturing Company of Ridgeville, NJ)
- Ridgefield PG-2 – powered CG-4
Ridley
(Cyril Ridley)
- Ridley 1910 glider
Riedel
(Peter Riedel)
- Riedel PR-1 – Peter Riedel
- Riedel PR-2 – Peter Riedel
Rimsa-Miliunas
(Z. Rimsa, G. Miliunas)
- Rimsa-Miliunas Keva motorglider
- Rimsa Keva
Rio Claro
(Aero Clube de Rio Claro)
- Rio Claro Araponga
RLM
(Reichsluftfahrtministerium – Reich Ministry of Aviation) (Glider designations)
- 108-10 Schneider Grunau 9 primary glider (1929)
- 108-11 RRG Zögling 33 primary glider (1933)
- 108-14 DFS Schulgleiter SG.38 standard basic gliding trainer (1938)
- 108-15 RRG Zögling 12m primary glider (1934)
- 108-16 Weber EW-2 four-seat high-performance sailplane
- 108-21 Hirth Hi 21 two-seat sailplane
- 108-22 Hirth Hi 20 MoSe (for Motorsegler = motor glider); motorized glider
- 108-29 Fliege IIa primary glider (1935)
- 108-30 DFS Kranich II two-seat sailplane (1935)
- 108-47 Jacobs Rhönadler single-seat high-performance sailplane (1932)
- 108-48 Dittmar Condor I high-performance sailplane (1932)
- 108-49 Schneider Grunau Baby II glider (1932)
- 108-50 Jacobs Rhönbussard single-seat high-performance sailplane (1933)
- 108-51 Jacobs Rhönsperber single-seat high-performance sailplane (1935)
- 108-53 DFS Habicht single-seat acrobatics sailplane (1936)
- 108-56 Dittmar Condor II single-seat high-performance sailplane (1935)
- 108-58 Hirth Göppingen Gö 1 Wolf sailplane (1935)
- 108-59 Hirth Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa high-performance sailplane (1935)
- 108-60 Jacobs Reiher single-seat high-performance sailplane (1937)
- 108-61 Hütter / Schempp-Hirth Göppingen Gö 4 two-seat sailplane (1937)
- 108-62 Schwarzwald-Flugzeugbau Donaueschingen Strolch high-performance sailplane
- 108-63 Akaflieg München Mü13D Merlin high-performance sailplane (1936)
- 108-64 Schwarzwald-Flugzeugbau Donaueschingen Ibis
- 108-65 Dittmar / Schleicher Condor III single-seat high-performance sailplane (1938)
- 108-66 Schneider Grunau Baby III sailplane (1938)
- 108-67 Hütter H 17 sailplane (1937)
- 108-68 Jacobs Weihe high-performance single-seat sailplane (1938)
- 108-70 Jacobs Olympia Meise high-performance single-seat sailplane (1939)
- 108-72 Akaflieg München Mü17 Merle high-performance sailplane (1939)
- 108-74 FVA Aachen / Schmetz FVA 10b Rheinland high-performance sailplane
Roberts
(Donald Roberts)
Roberts
(Frank Roberts)
- Roberts Primary
Robertson
( A. Robertson)
- Robertson Bamboo
Robinson
(John Robinson)
- Robinson Robin
Rochelt
(Günther Rochelt)
- Rochelt Flair 30
- Rochelt Minair
- Rochelt Musculair I
- Rochelt Musculair II
- Rochelt Solair I
- Rochelt Solair II
Rolladen-Schneider
(Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH / LS – Lemke-Schneider)
- Rolladen-Schneider LS1
- Rolladen-Schneider LS2
- Rolladen-Schneider LS3
- Rolladen-Schneider LS4
- Rolladen-Schneider LS5
- Rolladen-Schneider LS6
- Rolladen-Schneider LS7
- Rolladen-Schneider LS8
- Rolladen-Schneider LS9
- Rolladen-Schneider LS10
- Akaflieg Köln LS11
- Rolladen-Schneider LSD Ornith
Rolle
( J. Rollé)
- Rollé 1922 glider
Romeo
(Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche Meridionali / Officine Meccaniche Romeo)
- Romeo Ro-35 (IMAM Ro-35)
Rosario
(Juvenelle Rosario – Florianópolis, Brazil)
- Rosario Skua
Ross
- Ross R-2 Ibis
- Ross R-3
- Ross RH-3
- Ross-Johnson RJ-5
- Ross R-6
- Ross-Stephens RS-1 Zanonia – Harland Ross & Harvey Stephens – Ross Stephens Aircraft Company of Montebello, California
- Ross-Stephens RS-3 Ibis – Harland Ross & Harvey Stephens – Ross-Stephens Aircraft Company of Montebello, California
Vernie Ross
(Vernie Ross)
- Ross Ranger I
- Ross Ranger II
Rostock
(Paul Krekel / Mecklenburgische Aero-Klub, Rostock')
- Rostock Primary
- Rostock M-I Baumeister
- Rostock M-II Mecklenburg
- Rostock M-III Rostock
Rostov
(Rostov Technical Institute)
- Rostov GT-1 Kaganovich
Rotondi
(Gianfranco Rotondi)
- Rotondi R-1 Gheppio
- Rotondi R-2 Tobia
Rotter
(Lajos Rotter)
- Rotter Karakan – Lajos Rotter – Boy Scout Group "Ezermester" – MOVERO
- Rotter Nemere – Lajos Rotter – Hungarian Aircraft Repair Works, Székesfehérvár
- Janka-Rotter Vándor with Zoltán Janka
- Rotter-Ágotay 1922 glider with István Ágotay
Rousset
(Mauritius Rousset)
- Rousset glider
RRG
(Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft)
- RRG Urubu Obs
- RRG Ente – Alexander Lippisch & Fritz Stam
- RRG Hangwind – Alexander Lippisch
- RRG Hols der Teufel – Alexander Lippisch
- RRG Professor
- RRG Prüfling
- RRG Falke
- RRG Schuldoppelsitzer
- RRG Storch I
- RRG Storch V
- RRG Wien
- RRG Zögling
- RRG Fafnir
- RRG Fafnir 2 (São Paulo)
Rubik
(Ernő Rubik – father of the Rubiks Cube inventor)
- Rubik R-01 (MSrE M-20) – single-seat sailplane (better known as EMESE-B/-C), flown 1935
- Rubik R-02 (MSrE M-19)
- Rubik R-03 Szittya I (Scythian I) – MOVERO workshop, Esztergom
- Rubik R-04 Szittya II (Scythian II) – MOVERO workshop, Esztergom
- Rubik R-05 Vöcsök (Grebe)
- Rubik R-06 Vöcsök (Grebe)
- Rubik R-07 – Aero Ever Kft, Esztergom
- Rubik R-07a Tücsök (Cricket)
- Rubik R-07b Vöcsök (Grebe), productionized version of R-05/R-06 Vöcsök
- Rubik R-07c
- Rubik R-07d (postwar production Vöcsök)
- Rubik R-08 Pilis (Tonsure)
- Rubik R-08a
- Rubik R-08b
- Rubik R-08c
- Rubik R-08d
- Rubik R-09
- Rubik R-09 Motor Pilis
- Rubik R-10 Szittya III (Scythian III) – MOVERO workshop, Esztergom
- Rubik R-11 Cimbora (Pal)
- Rubik R-12 Kevély (Proud)
- Rubik R-13 Bunkó (Club)
- Rubik R-14 Pinty (Finch)
- Rubik R-15 Koma (Pard/Panthera)
- Rubik R-15a Koma
- Rubik R-15b Koma
- Rubik R-15f Fémkoma (Fém-Koma)
- Rubik R-16 Lepke (Butterfly)
- Rubik R-17 Móka (Fun)
- Rubik R-17a Móka
- Rubik R-17b Móka
- Rubik R-19 Pinttyek (Pinty II)
- Rubik R-20 (OE-01)
- Rubik R-21
- Rubik R-22 Futár (Courier)
- Rubik R-22S Június 18
- Rubik R-22-3 Super Futár
- Rubik R-22S Június 18
- Rubik R-22-3 Super Futár
- Rubik R-22-4 Standard Futár
- Rubik R-23 Gébics (Shrike)
- Rubik R-24 Bibic (Lapwing)
- Rubik R-25 Mokány (Little Devil)
- Rubik R-25-4
- Rubik R-26 Góbé (Chieftain)
- Rubik R-27 Kópé (Scamp)
- Rubik R-29
- Rubik R-30
- Rubik R-31 Dupla (Double)
- Gyõr-3 Motor-Pilis (Gyõr Soaring Club, Gyõr)
Rudlicki
(Jerzy Rudlicki)
- Rudlicki nr.1
- Rudlicki nr.2
- Rudlicki nr.3
- Rudlicki nr.7
- Rudlicki nr.8
- Rudlicki nr.9
Ruhm
(UL RuhmAir Leichtflugzeuge / Mannfred Ruhm)
Ruppert
(Ruppert Composite GmbH)
Rutan
(Rutan Aircraft Factory)
Ryley
(Leslie G. Ryley / Coventry Aero Club)
- Ryley Dragon-Fly 1914
Ryson
(T. Claude Ryan and Son)
Notes
- ↑ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. http://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ ELIOTT-LYNN, SOPHIE C. (1 September 1927). "THE ZURICH INTERNATIONAL FLYING MEETING". Flight: 611 & 616. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927%20-%200665.html. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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