- A
glider or
sailplane is a type of
glider aircraft used in the
leisure activity and
sport of
gliding (also
called soaring). This
unpowered aircraft can...
-
Jonker Sailplanes is a
glider manufacturer based in Potchefstroom,
South Africa. Uys
Jonker and his brother,
Attie Jonker founded Jonker Sailplanes in 2004...
- self-sustaining gliders".
Retrieved 4
September 2006. "Guide to Self-launching
Sailplane Operation".
Archived from the
original on 12
March 2008.
Retrieved 4 September...
- air
sport in
which pilots fly
unpowered aircraft known as
gliders or
sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of
rising air in the
atmosphere to...
-
Applebay Sailplanes was an
American aircraft manufacturer,
founded by
George Applebay and
based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The
company specialized in...
-
advocates for, researches, and
performs cryonics Alcor sailplane, a high
altitude pressurized sailplane developed by
aeronautical engineer Robert Lamson ALCOR...
- The
Schweizer Aircraft Corporation was an
American manufacturer of
sailplanes,
agricultural aircraft and
helicopters located in Horseheads, New York. It...
- The
Dunstable Sailplane Company was
established in 1934 by W.L.
Manuel and C.H. Latimer-Needham to design,
manufacture and
repair gliders from its workshop...
-
Fulda district and is
known as the "cradle of gliding".
Great advances in
sailplane development took
place here
during the
interwar period,
driven by annual...
-
Forschungsanstalt für
Segelflug (DFS - "German
Research Institute for
Sailplane Flight")
during World War II. By the end of the war, the
aircraft had...
