List of gliders (L)

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.

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

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-2
 * LAK-5 Nemunas (motor glider)
 * LAK-8
 * LAK-9
 * LAK-10 Lietuva
 * LAK-11 Nida
 * LAK-12 Lietuva
 * LAK-12 Lietuva 2R
 * LAK-14 Strazdas
 * 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
 * Letov LD-60-5

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 (LFG Phönix / LFG Phönix 3)

LIBIS
(Letalski Institut "Branko Ivanus" Slovenia)
 * LIBIS-17 – PRHAVC, Jože
 * LIBIS 18
 * LIBIS L-22
 * Libis KB-17 Kondor
 * Libis KB-18

Lightwing
(Lightwing Research / John M. Lee)
 * Lightwing Type 4 Rooster
 * Lightwing L6FS Mouse
 * Lightwing CT6 Companion

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

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

Loessl (Ernst)
(Ernst von Loessl - cousin of Eugen von Loessl)
 * Loessl Sb.1 Münchener
 * Loessl Sb.2
 * Loessl Sb.3

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
 * Loravia KV-2
 * Loravia KV-3A
 * Loravia KV-4
 * Loravia LCA-10 Topaze
 * Loravia LCA-11 Topaze

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 Columbus

Loyko Tandem L-1
(LOYKO & Soc. Aviakim (USSR))
 * Loyko Tandem L-1

Lucas
(Émile Lucas / Avions Émile Lucas)
 * Lucas L-6A

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