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.

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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

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^[2]
• LAK-8
• LAK-9
• LAK-10 Lietuva^[2]
• LAK-11 Nida^[2]
• LAK-12 Lietuva
• LAK-12 Lietuva 2R
• LAK-14 Strazdas^[2]
• 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 PL-1 Quark

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

Laubenthal

(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)

• Leffler-MacFarlane LM-1

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

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^[3]
• Libis KB-17 Kondor
• Libis KB-18

Lightwing

(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee)

• Lightwing Type 4 Rooster
• Lightwing L6FS Mouse^[4]
• Lightwing CT6 Companion^[5]

Lilienthal

(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^[2]

Lippisch

(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^[6]

Loessl (Ernst)

(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl)

• Loessl Sb.1 Münchener
• Loessl Sb.2^[7][8]
• Loessl Sb.3^[8][9]

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^[10]
• Loravia KV-2^[11]
• Loravia KV-3A^[12]
• Loravia KV-4^[13]
• Loravia LCA-10 Topaze^[14]
• Loravia LCA-11 Topaze^[15]

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

Lucas

(Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas)

• Lucas L-6A

Luków School

• Luków School Glider

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

1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
2. Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2
3. Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
4. John W.R. Taylor, ed. (1987). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88. London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 9780710608505.
5. 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.
6. "Lössl E.v.L.1". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
7. "Loessl SB-2". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
8. Langsdorff, Werner von (1931). Das Segelflugzeug (in German). München: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag.
9. "Loessl SB-3". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. 2009-12-30. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
10. "Loravia KV-1". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
11. "Loravia KV-2". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
12. "Loravia KV-3A". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
13. "Loravia KV-4". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
14. "Loravia LCA-10 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
15. "Loravia LCA-11 Topaze". Team J2mcL. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

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