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.

(Bernard D'Otreppe)

(Fred Daams)

(Hans Klemm / Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft Werke - Daimler Aircraft Company)

(Drjavna Aeroplane RobotilnitsaДАР Държавната аеропланна работилница)

(Darmstädter Flugsport-Vereinigung)

(Dansk Aero Verkstad)

(Dart Aircraft Ltd)

(Bob Dart)

(Ken Davies & Alf Nicholls)

(P. Davis & F. Costin)

(Janusz de Beaurein & Edmund John)

(de Glymes / SABCA - Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques)

(de Havilland Aircraft Co)

(de Havilland Aircraft Co)

(Louis de Monge & Daniel Montague)

(Charles de Rouge)

(Luis E. Degasperi)

(Howard V. DeGrandi)

(Karl Dehn)

(Maurice Delanne)

(N.B. Delone)

(Ovidio Descole)

(Dessau F.V / Maschinenbau-Schule Dessau)

(Detroit Aircraft Corporation)

(Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug – German research institute for gliders)

(DG Flugzeugbau GmbH)

(HOAC AG / Wolf Hoffmann Flugzeugbau AG / Diamond Aircraft Industries)

(Ormand Dieder)

(Flugzeugbau Heini Dittmar) (The Condor series were built by several manufacturers)

(S. P. Dobrovloski)

(Ursula Hanle)

(John Auguste Domenjoz)

(Y. V. Domrachev)

(DOSAAF - Dobrovol'noe Obschestvo Sodesystviya Armii Aviatcii i Flotu - voluntary society for assistance to the army air force and navy)

(Douglas Aircraft Company)

(Jerzy Drzewiecki / Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze)

(Duster Sailplane Kits / Ben Jansson and H. Einar Thor)

(Gian Luigi Della Torre)

(Richard DuPont)

(J. W. Dunne)

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(Dunning / Southdown Gliding Club)

(Dunstable Sailplane co.)

(Břetislav Dvořáček)

(Stanislaw Dzalialowski & Mieczyslaw Dzalialowski)

Notes

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  1. ^ "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. ^ "François Goethals and Bernard D'Otreppe". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ "DAR Rilski Orel". Team J2mcL. 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "DAR Zdravka Toprakchiev". Team J2mcL. 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893–1939. London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-370-00085-5.
  6. ^ "De Glymes glider O-BAFR". Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ "Domenjoz Planeur-Voilier". Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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