List of gliders (R)

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.

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

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)
 * Reinhard Cumulus
 * Reinhard Cirrus

Renard
(Charles Renard)
 * Renard Décaplan Aéride

Rensselaer
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
 * Rensselaer RP-1
 * Rensselaer RP-2
 * Rensselaer RP-3

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 Hü 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 Cygnet

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 Delta I
 * 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)
 * MSrE M-20 alternatively Rubik R-01 (retrospectively) or EMESE-B.
 * Rubik R-03 Szittya I
 * Rubik R-04 Szittya II
 * Rubik R-05 Vöcsök
 * Rubik R-06 Vöcsök
 * Rubik R-07
 * Rubik R-08 Pilis
 * Rubik Győr 3 Motor-Pilis, possibly R-09.
 * Rubik R-10 Szittya III
 * Rubik R-11b Cimbora
 * Rubik R-12 Kevély (Proud)
 * Rubik R-15 Koma (Pard/Panthera)
 * Rubik R-16 Lepke (Butterfly)
 * Rubik R-17 Móka (Fun)
 * Rubik R-20 (OE-01)
 * Rubik R-21
 * Rubik R-22 Futár (Courier)
 * 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)
 * Ruhmer Swift Light
 * Ruhmer E-Swift
 * Ruhmer Swift Light PAS

Ruppert
(Ruppert Composite GmbH)
 * Ruppert Archaeopteryx

Rutan
(Rutan Aircraft Factory)
 * Rutan Solitaire

Ryley
(Leslie G. Ryley / Coventry Aero Club)
 * Ryley Dragon-Fly 1914

Ryson
(T. Claude Ryan and Son)
 * Ryson ST-100 Cloudster
 * Ryson STP-1 Swallow