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.

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