- 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...
- 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...
- The
Delta Sailplane Honcho and
Delta Sailplane Nomad are a
family of
American ultralight aircraft and
motorgliders that were
derived from the
Volmer VJ-24W...
- Abbott-Baynes
Sailplanes Ltd. was a 1930s
glider manufacturing company based at Wrecclesham, near Farnham, Surrey. It was
founded as a
subsidiary of E...
- production. The
rights to the
design were
taken over by a new entity,
Diana Sailplanes,
which developed the
design further into the
Diana 2. The
Diana 2 first...
-
manufacture of
sailplanes in the form of ready-to-fly type
certified aircraft, as well as some
experimental types.
George Applebay's
first sailplane design constructed...
- self-sustaining gliders".
Retrieved 4
September 2006. "Guide to Self-launching
Sailplane Operation".
Archived from the
original on 12
March 2008.
Retrieved 4 September...
-
aircraft manufacturer based in Ocoee, Florida. It
built light aircraft and
sailplanes,
developing a
number of
successful designs that have been
produced by...
- 120 ft) and is the
highest peak in the Rhön Mountains.
Great advances in
sailplane development took
place on the
mountain during the
interwar period, driven...
