List of gliders (K)

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This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available)[1] Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.

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KAI[edit]

(Kazan Aviation Institute – Казанский авиационный институт)

Kaiser[edit]

(Rudolf Kaiser)

Kalinin OKB[edit]

  • Kalinin K-11 – proof of concept glider for K-12 / BS-2 / K-13 tailless airliner / bomber

Kantor-Kurklik[edit]

(František Kantor & Karel Kurklik)

Karpinski[edit]

Karski[edit]

(Julian Karski)

Karvelis[edit]

(Balys Karvelis)

Kasper[edit]

(Witold Kasper)

Kasprzyk[edit]

Kassel[edit]

(Segelflugzeugbau Kassel)

Kayaba[edit]

Kegel[edit]

(Kegel-Flugzeugbau Kassel / Max Kegel and Fritz Ackermann using logo AK / renamed Segelflugzeugbau Kassel using logo SK)

Keihikoki[edit]

Kelsey[edit]

(Frank Kelsey)

Kemeny[edit]

(Sándor Kemeny / MÁV Istvántelki Fõmûhely, Sportárutermelõ V. (former Aero Ever Ltd.), Esztergom)

Kendall[edit]

(Hugh Kendall)

Kenilworth[edit]

Kennedy-Watson[edit]

(Harold Kennedy and Floyd Watson)

Kensgailos[edit]

(Vlado Kensgailos)

Kesselyàk[edit]

(Mihály Kesselyak / Workshop of the Airplane Service of the Hungarian Agricultural Ministry, Nyiregyháza)

KhAI[edit]

(Kharkov Aviation Institute)

  • KhAI-3 Харьков ХАИ-3

Keith-Weiss[edit]

(Alexander Keith & José Weiss)

Kimura[edit]

(Dr. Hidemasa Kimura)

Király-Berkovice[edit]

Kirchner[edit]

(Wilhelm Kirchner at Kassel / Niederhessischer Verein für Luftfahrt)

Kirigamine[edit]

(Kirigamine Glider Manufacturing Co.)

Kissinger-Crookes[edit]

( Curtiss Kissinger, LeRoy Crookes)

Kittelberger[edit]

(Walter & Karl Kittelberger)

Klementyev[edit]

(P. Klementyev)

Klobučar[edit]

(Viktor Klobučar)

Klotz[edit]

K.L.S.[edit]

('Start' Aviation Circle)

Knechtel[edit]

(Ing. Wilhelm Knechtel)

Kocjan[edit]

(Antoni Kocjan)

Kodytek[edit]

(Josef Kodytek)

Köhl[edit]

(Hermann Köhl / Koehl)

Kohler[edit]

(Spud Kohler)

Kokusai[edit]

(Kokusai Koku Aircraft Company)

Kolbányi[edit]

Kolesnikov[edit]

(D.N. Kolesnikov)

Komadori[edit]

Königsberg Lüwa III[edit]

(Ostpreußischer Verein für Luftfahrt, Königsberg)

Korolev[edit]

(Sergei P. Korolev)

Konrad[edit]

(F. Konrad / Konrad Segelflugzeugbau)

Kopp[edit]

Kortenbach & Rauh[edit]

(designed by Schultes, Seidel and Putz)

Gilbert Kosellek [edit]

(Gilbert Kosellek)

Koser[edit]

(KB – Koser-Branko)

Kostenko-Rauschenbusch[edit]

(Костенко-Раушенбах ЛАК-1/2)

Kourouvakalis-Pikros[edit]

(Platon Kourouvakalis & Costas Pikros)

Koutný[edit]

(Ladislav Koutný)

Kouzakov[edit]

(M.A. Kouzakov)

Kovalenko[edit]

Koželuh[edit]

(Štkpt. Koželuh / Dílny 3, leteckého pluku v Nitrě)

Kráľovič[edit]

(Anton Kráľovič)

Krekel[edit]

(Paul Krekel- Hans H. Hünebeck, Metall- und Rohrbau, Duisburg)

Kristovskogo[edit]

(E. Kristovskogo)

Kromer[edit]

(H. Kromer / Deutscher Fliegerbund, Mähr.-Schönberg)

Kronfeld[edit]

(Robert Kronfeld)

Krutchkoff[edit]

Kryšpín[edit]

(Jan Kryšpín / Továrně Avia)

Krząkała[edit]

(Wiktor Krząkała)

Ksoll[edit]

(J. Ksoll)

Kubicki[edit]

(Jan Kubicki)

Kućfir[edit]

(Konrad Kućfir)

  • Kućfir Pirat (Pirate) – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923

Kuffner[edit]

(Werner Kuffner / WK-Flugzeugtechnik, Peenemünde, DE)

Kuhelj[edit]

(Anton Kuhelj)

Küpper[edit]

(August Küpper)

Kusbach-Bartoník-Kotolánem[edit]

(Kusbach Bartoník & Kotolánem)

Kuzmickas[edit]

(Antanas Kuzmickas)

Kyushu[edit]

(Hiroshi Sato, Osamu Hiroshi & Naka Maruta / Kyushu University)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ Taylor, John W.R. FRHistS. ARAeS. (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co Ltd.
  3. ^ a b c d Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2
  4. ^ "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. ^ Lambert, Mark; Munson, Kenneth; Taylor, Michael J.H., eds. (1991). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1991-92 (82nd ed.). Coulson, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710609656.
  7. ^ "Anemopsaro" (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  8. ^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd.
  9. ^ a b Heide Liebhart. "VERFOLGT - VERTRIEBEN - ERMORDET-ZUR MAHNENDEN ERINNERUNG DURCH STRASSENBENENNUNGEN IN WIEN 23" (in German). Retrieved 2008-06-27.

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