List of gliders (B)

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.

Babiński
(Zbigniew Babiński)
 * Babiński 1912 glider
 * Babiński 1913 glider
 * Babiński II

BAC
(British Aircraft Company)
 * B.A.C. I
 * B.A.C. II
 * B.A.C. III
 * B.A.C. IV
 * B.A.C. V
 * B.A.C. VI
 * B.A.C. VII
 * B.A.C. VII Planette
 * B.A.C. VIII Bat-Boat
 * B.A.C. IX
 * B.A.C. Drone

Bacerka

 * Bacerka (glider)

Bachem
(Eric Bachem / Bachem-Werke)
 * Bachem Leichtwindensegler
 * Bachem Lerche
 * Bachem Thermikus

Backstrom
(Al Backstrom)
 * Backstrom EPB-1 Flying Plank
 * Backstrom WPB-1 Powered Plank
 * Backstrom Flying Plank II

Baden-Baden
(Segelflugzeugwerke Baden-Baden)
 * Baden-Baden glider

Bagalini
(BAGALINI, Marino)
 * Bagalini Bagaliante
 * Bagalini Colombo

Bailey-Moyes
(Bob Bailey / Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd)
 * Bailey-Moyes Tempest

Baitler
(Miroslav Baitler / I. skupina konstruktérů Aero, Praha (Prague))
 * Můra 1922

Baker McMillen
(Frank Gröss / Baker McMillen)
 * Baker McMillen Cadet

Ball
(James Noel Ball)
 * Ball 1929 glider
 * Ball 1930 glider

Bange
(John J. Bange)
 * Bange 1936 glider
 * Bange Azure Star

Bange
(John J. Bange - Clifton, Queensland, Australia)
 * Bange Azure Star (Bange Z-B-I)
 * Bange Azure Star II (Bange Z-B-II)

Bango-Schmid
(Bango & Schmid)
 * Bango-Schmid 1930 glider

Barbat-Dunn-Rigby
(BARBAT, Edward & DUNN, Colin & RIGBY, Colin)
 * Barbat-Dunn-Rigby GBDR

Bărboi
(Ion Bărboi)
 * Bărboi 1932 glider
 * Bărboi 1934 glider

Bardin
(René Bardin)
 * Bardin Alérion
 * Bardin Alérion Biplace
 * Bardin B-1 Vauville

Barel
(Graal Aéro / Max Barel)
 * Barel Graal

Barnaby
(Ralph Barnaby)
 * Ralph Barnaby 1909 glider

Baron
(A. Baron)
 * Baron Aéro Ramo-Planeur

Barratt-Bradley
(Jock Barratt & Harold Bradley / Waikerie Gliding Club)
 * Barratt-Bradley Pelican 2

Barros
(Cláudio Pinto de Barros / Centro de Estudos Aeronáuticos (CEA) / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Bello Horizonte, Brazil)
 * Barros CB-1 Gaivota

Barszczowski
(Walenty Barszczowski)
 * Barszczowski 1913 Glider

Barta
(Karl Barta)
 * Barta Dactylus 2
 * Barta Dactylus 3

Bartel
(Ryszard Bartel)
 * Bartel 1 Glider
 * Bartel 2 Glider

Bartos/Nobel

 * Bartos/Nobel BN-1 Phantom

Bates
(Carl Stephen BATES, Clear Lake, Iowa (USA) / Popular Mechanics)
 * Popular Mechanics Glider

Baudoux-Orta
(Pierre Baudoux & José Orta / Ateliers Orta, Saint-Hubert, Belgium)
 * Baudoux-Orta SBO

Ted Bauer
(Ted Bauer / San Gabriel Academy students, Californie, USA)
 * Bauer Bird

Bäumer
(Bäumer Aero GmbH, Hamburg / Paul Bäumer)
 * Bäumer B-1 Roter Vogel

Bazin
(Albert Bazin)
 * Bazin 1904
 * Bazin 1905
 * Bazin 1909

Bazzocchi
(Ermanno Bazzocchi)
 * Bazzocchi EB.1 Littore
 * Bazzocchi EB.2

Bauer

 * Bauer Bz.II

Beatty-Johl

 * Beatty-Johl BJ-2 Assegai
 * Beatty-Johl BJ-3
 * Beatty-Johl BJ-4

Beaufort Gliding Club
(Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club, Victoria, Australia)
 * Beaufort Gliding Club Zephyrus
 * Beaufort Gliding Club Phoenix

Bede
(Jim Bede)
 * Bede BD-2
 * Bede BD-5S

Bekmanis
(Edvins Bekmanis)
 * Bekmanis Gaigalina
 * Bekmanis Spriditis

Bėkšta
(Romualdas Bėkšta)
 * Bėkšta RB-11

Belin brothers.

 * Belin bros. 1908 glider

Bellanger-Denhaut
(DENHAUT, François - BELLANGER Frères)
 * Bellanger-Denhaut BD-1

Belyayev
(Viktor Nikolayevich Belyayev)
 * Belyayev BP-3
 * Belyayev EF-1
 * Belyayev EF-2

Benes
(Pavel Beneš)
 * Benes LD 605 Haban - post-war military assault glider under construction, but cancelled 1951

Bennett-Carter
(George Bennett & Richard Carter)
 * Bennett-Carter Dottie S

Benz
(Ing. Hans Benz, Mönchen-Gladbach.)
 * Benz Be-2

Berca
(Jorge Berca)
 * Berca JB-1
 * Berca JB-2
 * Berca JB-3
 * Berca JB-4

Berger
(M. Berger in Lyon and flown by Gardey)
 * Berger 1905 glider

Berkshire
(Berkshire Manufacturing Corporation)
 * Berkshire Concept 70

Berkout

 * Berkout (glider)

Berliaux-Salètes

 * Berliaux-Salètes 1909 glider no.1
 * Berliaux-Salètes 1909 Pourquoi Pas? II

Berliner Segelflugvereins

 * Berliner Segelflugvereins 1923 primary

Bertelli

 * Bertelli Aerostave

Bertin
(Bertin (glider constructor))
 * Bertin Compact
 * Bertin B-12

Besneux
(Alain Besneux)
 * Besneux P.70

Bielany School

 * Bielany School Glider

Bikle
(Paul Bikle)
 * Bikle T-6

Bilski

 * Bilski Mewa (Gull) No.14 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Bína
(Karel Bína / B. Metyš & J. Litomyšl Matoušek)
 * Bína Litomyšl-1

Binder

 * Binder EB28
 * Binder EB29
 * Binder ASH-25 EB28

Biot

 * Biot Massia

Birdman
(Birdman Enterprises)
 * Birdman Project 102 Windsoar

Birmingham Guild

 * Birmingham Guild BG-100
 * Birmingham Guild BG-135

Birò Regina

 * Birò Regina

Birrlauf
(Benny Birrlauf)
 * Birrlauf Beny I
 * Birrlauf Gerspach

Bisser

 * Bisser – Bulgaria

Bistrama & Puławski

 * Bistrama & Puławski SL-3 No.8 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Blaicher
(Michal Blaicher)
 * Blaicher B.1
 * Blaicher B-38

Bland
(Lilian E. Bland – Ireland)
 * Bland Mayfly

Błażyński
(Alojzy Błażyński)
 * Błażyński Polon – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923

Bleriot
(Louis Blériot)
 * Blériot II

Blessing
(Gerhard Blessing / Sportverein Merseburg)
 * Blessing Rebell
 * Blessing V-7 Gleiter-Max
 * Blessing Kolibri-B
 * Blessing Falter-Scooter

Bley
(Bley Flugzeugbau GmbH, Naumberg)
 * Bley M-Condor

Blogoslawienstwo

 * Blogoslawienstwo

Blohm & Voss

 * Blohm & Voss BV 40
 * Blohm & Voss BV 246

Bock
(John W. Bock)
 * Bock 1

Boeing

 * Boeing Steel Truss Glider

Bohatyrew
(Michal Bohatyrew)
 * Bohatyrew Motyl
 * Bohatyrew Miś (Miś - Teddy Bear) (No.12) – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Bohemia
(HALLER, Oldřich)
 * Bohemia B.5

Böhm

 * Böhm Schmankerl foot-launched rigid flying wing glider

Bölkow

 * Bölkow Phönix
 * Bölkow Phoebus

Bolton

 * Bolton 1932

Bonn

 * Bonn Helge
 * Bonn I Vulkan
 * Bonn Schlägel und Eisen

Bonnet
(Pierre Bonnet - Louis Clément - Henri Mignet)
 * Bonnet double monoplan
 * Bonnet-Clément BC-1
 * Bonnet-Clément BC-7
 * Bonnet-Mignet 1923 glider

Bonnet-Labranche
(Émile Bonnet-Labranche / Ateliers vosgiens Saint Dié)
 * Bonnet-Labranche 1909 glider

Bonomi
(Aeronautica Bonomi)
 * Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante
 * Bonomi BS.2 Balestruccio
 * Bonomi BS.4 Basettino
 * Bonomi BS.5 Ballerina
 * Bonomi BS.7 Allievo Italia
 * Bonomi BS.8 Biancone
 * Bonomi BS.9 Bertina
 * Bonomi BS.10 Ardea
 * Bonomi BS.11 Milano
 * Bonomi BS.12 Roma
 * Bonomi BS.14 Astore
 * Bonomi BS.15 Bigiarella
 * Bonomi BS.16 Allievo Bonomi
 * Bonomi BS.17 Allievo Cantù
 * Bonomi BS.18 Airone
 * Bonomi BS.19 Alca
 * Bonomi BS.20 Albanella
 * Bonomi BS.22 Alzavola
 * Bonomi BS.24 Biposto Roma
 * Bonomi BS.28 Alcione
 * Bonomi BS.28 Aerodinamico

Borchn-Anemon
(BORCHN, A. A. & ANEMON, O. K.)
 * Borchn-Anemon BA-1 Tandem (Борчн- Анмонов БА-1)

Borghese

 * Borghese 1931 hyydroglider

Borzecki
(Jozef Borzecki)
 * Borzecki Alto-Stratus
 * Borzecki Cirrus
 * Borzecki JB-4 Skowronek
 * Borzecki Stratus

Bottini

 * Bottini Mabo

Boulay-Ferrier
(Jacques Boulay & Hubert Ferrier)
 * Boulay-Ferrier Condor

Boulay-Menin
(Jacques Boulay & Menin)
 * Boulay-Menin BM-1

Bourieau-Chapautau

 * Bourieau-Chapautau glider

Bowers (glider constructor)

 * Bowers Bantam

Bowlus
(Michael Bowlus)
 * Bowlus BZ-1

Bowlus-du Pont
(William Hawley Bowlus)
 * Bowlus M1-PU3
 * Bowlus 1912 glider
 * Bowlus Albatross 1 Falcon
 * Bowlus Albatross 2
 * Bowlus Albatross Senior
 * Bowlus Dragontross
 * Bowlus Flying Wing
 * Bowlus Super Albatross
 * Bowlus Super Sailplane
 * Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross
 * Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross
 * Bowlus BA-102 Two-place Baby Albatross
 * Bowlus BS-100 Super Albatross
 * Bowlus BT-100 Baby Albatross
 * Bowlus BTS-100 Two-place Baby Albatross
 * Bowlus G-100 Galloping Gertie
 * Bowlus-Criz MC-1
 * Bowlus-Criz MC-1 1/2 scale
 * Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing
 * Bowlus XCG-7
 * Bowlus XCG-8
 * Bowlus XCG-16
 * Bowlus/Nelson Dragonfly
 * Bowlus XBM-5 -
 * Bowlus XTG-12 TG-12 - 1942 Bowlus XBM-5,2-seat tandem-seat, mid-wing training glider, XBM-5 = Experimental Bowlus Military, Design number 5
 * Bowlus TG-12A: unrelated Bowlus-DuPont built M1PU3** 'Utility', 1 impressed ([designer Heath] McDowell, 1-place, Utility, 3rd design [?])

Bramingham

 * Bramingham 1934 glider

Bräutigam
(Bernhard Bräutigam / Flugzeugbau Braütigam G.m.b.H. Weimar)
 * Bräutigam Super Orchidee (D-STURM regn.)

Brditschka
(Heinz Brditschka)
 * Brditschka Raab Krähe
 * Brditschka-Militki MB-E1 Electric One
 * Brditschka HB-21
 * Brditschka HB-22
 * Brditschka HB-23

Breeze

 * Breeze Oozle Bird

Bréguet
(Société anonyme des ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet)
 * Bréguet Br 900 Louisette
 * Bréguet Br 901 Mouette
 * Bréguet Br 902 Cinzano
 * Bréguet Br 903
 * Bréguet Br 904 Nymphale
 * Bréguet Br 905 Fauvette
 * Bréguet Br 906 Choucas
 * Bréguet Br 907
 * Bréguet Colibri
 * Bréguet P-1
 * Bréguet P-2

Bremen-Lane

 * Bremen-Lane glider

Bremer
(Karl Bremer)
 * Bremer Max
 * Bremer Strolch
 * Bremer Motorisiert SG-38

Briegleb
(William G. Briegleb)
 * Briegleb BG-01 Utility
 * Briegleb BG-02
 * Briegleb BG-03
 * Briegleb BG-04
 * Briegleb BG-06
 * Briegleb BG-07
 * Briegleb BG-08
 * Briegleb BG-12
 * Briegleb BG-16
 * NASA Dryden-Briegleb M2-F1
 * Briegleb TG-9

Briffaud
(Georges Briffaud)
 * Briffaud GB.1
 * Briffaud GB.2
 * Briffaud GB.9
 * Briffaud GB.80 Aérovoilier

Bright Star

 * Bright Star Swift

Bristol
(Bristol Aeronautical Corporation)
 * Bristol XLRQ

Bristol
(Bristol Aeroplane Company)
 * Bristol Glider (1910)

Brno
(Brno Technical university)
 * Brno Technical university ASP-3 – (a.k.a. NSv-3 Cyrillic acronym)

Broburn
(Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley)
 * Broburn Wanderlust

Brochet
(Avions Maurice Brochet / Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet)
 * Brochet Beynes-CAU
 * Brochet Brocheteau
 * Brochet MB-10 Ginette
 * Brochet MB-20

Brochocki
(Stefan Brochocki, Witold Kasper and A. Bodek)
 * Brochocki BKB-1

Brokker (glider constructor)

 * Brokker (glider)

Brondel
(Christian Brondel)
 * Brondel Cavok 10
 * Brondel CB-12
 * Brondel CB-15 Crystal
 * Brondel Hélium
 * Brondel ST-11
 * Brondel ST-12
 * Brondel ST-15

Brookes
(Wilfred Brookes)
 * Brookes 1919 glider

Brown
(Vincent Brown & STC-GC (Sydney Technical College Gliding Club))
 * Brown Two Seater
 * Brown Rebel

Brown
(Leeroy Brown/ Southdown SkySailing Club)
 * Brown 1931 glider

Bruni
(Giovanni Bruni / Aéroclub Vergiate)
 * Bruni 3V-1 Eolo

Bryan Aircraft Company
See Schreder.

Brylinski
(Brylinski, Jacques & Wehrle, Jean)
 * Brylinski JJ-2
 * Brylinski JJ-3
 * Brylinski Petrel

BS (glider constructor)

 * BS 1K

BSV
(Berliner Segelflugvereins - HOHMUTH, Otto)
 * BSV 1923 glider
 * BSV Luftikus

Buchanan
(John Buchanan)
 * Buchanan Ricochet

Bucher Leichtbau
(Heinrich Bucher) see Farner

Budig
(Friedrich Wilhelm Budig)
 * Budig 1921 glider

Bums
(Bunzli, Henri René / Société de Construction d'Appareils Aériens, Levallois)
 * Bums glider
 * Bünzli
 * Bünzli 1908 glider

Burbulmate

 * Burbulmate

Busso

 * Busso San Giorgio

Butterworth-Ypinazar

 * Butterworth-Ypinazar Primary

Buxton
(G. Mungo Buxton)
 * Buxton Hjordis
 * Buxton Hjordis 2
 * Buxton B-5
 * Buxton Tailless Tailless

Buxton
(Jay Buxton)
 * Buxton Roundair – Jay Buxton
 * Buxton Transporter – Jay Buxton

Bydgoszczy

 * Bydgoszczy Żabuś