- Source: List of gliders (W)
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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= 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 (Willis S.1 or Walis S-1) 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
= Warczewski
=(J. Warczewski – No.16 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925)
Mechanik (glider) (Mechanic)
= 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
=(Ernst Weber)
Weber EW-1 – ANDRÖS, & MÜLLER
Weber EW-2
Weber EW-3 Libelle
Weber EW-18
Weber 108-16 RLM designation for EW-2
= Weber
=(Günther Weber - East Germany [DDR - Deutsches Demokratische Republik])
Weber We-3 1971
Weber We-4 1964
= Weber-Landholf-Münch
=Weber-Landholf-Münch WLM-1
Weber-Landholf-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
=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 / IPE - Industria Paranaense de Estruturas)
Widmaier GB-1 Quero
Widmaier KW-1 Quero Quero
Widmaier KW-2 Biguá
= Widmer
=(Hans Widmer / Matheus Avallone Sobrinho & Kurt Hendrich)
Widmer HW-4 Flamengo (Flamingo)
= 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
=Wilkes BMW-1
= Wilkinson
=Wilkinson Mk 1
Wilkinson Mk 2
= Wimmer-Dewald
=(Josef Immer & Alexander Dewald)
Wimmer-Dewald Leonardo 2000
= Wind
=(Willy Wind)
Wind Wi-1
= 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
= Wright Bros.
=(Wilbur & Orville Wright)
Wright 1900
Wright 1901
Wright 1902
Wright IV 1911
= WS
=(Warsztaty Szybowcowe – glider workshops)
WS SG-3
WS SG-7
WS SG-21 Lwów
WS SG-28
WS Wrona
WS Komar
WS Sroka
WS Sokol
WS Mewa
WS Orlik
= WWS
=(Wiegand und Wisser Sportflugzeugbau GmbH & Co. KG)
WWS WM-1