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.
S
(SABCA - Société Anonyme Belge de Construction Aéronautique )
(Georges Sablier)
(Paul Saboureault, Edouard Boussiere & Joseph Touza)
(Ditta Sala - firm Sala)
(V. Šalaviejus)
(Bronisław Saloni)
(Service de l'Aviation Légère et Sportive en Algérie )
(Orfeo Sancho, Francisco Huguenin, José Huguenin & Víctor Ruiz)
(Mike Sandlin)
(Ron Sands Sr.)
(Hiroshi Sato & Keniti Maeda)
(Lucien & Pierre Saucède)
(Johann Friedrich Maria Eberhard Sylvius von Saurma - Graf von Saurma-Jeltsch)
(Laurent Savoyas)
(W. H. Sayers, Courtney & Wright / Central Aircraft Company)
(Thomas W. Scanlan)
(SCAP - Société de Commercialisation Aéronautique du Plessis SàRL with Lanaverre Industries)
(Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH)
(Hermann Scherler / SG Biel)
(Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co)
(Jaromír Schmid)
(M. Schmid)
(Berthold Schmutzhart)
(Grunau Riesengebirge / Flugzeugbau Schneider / Edmund Schneider Grünau (ESG))
(Richard Schreder)
(Josef Schröder & Josef & Heinz Peters / Flugzeugbau Köhler/Peters )
(Ekkehard Carlos Fernando Schubert & Sorocaba Tecsis)
(Ferdinand Schulz)
(Schwarzwald Flugzeugbau Donaueschingen GmbH)
(Schweizer Aircraft Corporation)
Note: Schweizer glider designations are in the format n-nn. The first number denotes the number of seats and the second number is the model number)
(Scott Light Aircraft Ltd / W.R. Scott)
(Didier Scrive & Marcel Coquard)
(Southern California Soaring Association)
(H. A. Searby)
(Hans Seehase)
(Segelflugzeugwerke GmbH , Baden-Baden)
(Henryk Segno)
(E. Seiler)
(Warsaw technical university Aviation Section)
(J. L. Sellars & K. Jordan)
(Matthew B. Sellers)
(V. Senbergas)
(Sergiuz Czerwiński)
(Société d'Études Victor Minié Aéronautiques / Victor Minié Aviation )
(William Stancliffe Shackleton)
(Boris Nikolayevich Sheremetyev)
(Short Brothers)
(Antonio Menezes Sidou)
(Wilhelm Kurten / Paul Siebert, Mariendorferstrasse 38, 44 Münster)
(Mieczysław Siegel)
(C. Silva / Aeronautica Lombarda )
(Rudolf Slamka & Štefan Plesko)
(Société Lorraine de Constructions Aéronautique )
(Jaroslav Šlechta)
(Slingsby Sailplanes/Slingsby Aviation)
(Skurauskas & Mikevicius)
(Sour Vazduhoplovna Industrija Soko, Radna Organizacija Vazduhoplovstvo Mostar)
(Solar Flight/Eric Scott Raymond )
(Ivo Šoštarić / SVC / UTVA, Pančevo (Slovénie))
(Prof. Ernst Souczek with Franz Rainer / Austrian Acro Club Central Plant Facility & ObWm Kasper, Wien)
(Southdown Aero Services)
(Southdown Skysailing Club / Leeroy Brown)
(Jakob Spalinger)
(Hans Spengler)
(Jaroslav Špitálský)
(D. N. Kolesnikov & Spivak)
(Hungary)
See: LAK
(George A. Spratt)
(J. S. Sproule, & A. Ivanoff / Scott Light Aircraft Ltd)
(Bodo Stähls)
(Emanuel Stanięda)
(Obad Stanko)
(Robert M. Stanley)
(André Starck)
(Sterling Starr)
(R. F. Stedman R. F. / Bradford & County Gliding Club)
(Fritz Steinleher sen. & Peter Huber)
(Wade Steinruck)
(Stemme GmbH & Co KG)
(Stevens Institute of Technology / Roswell Earl Franklin)
(W. Stoerl)
(Stralpes Aéro SARL)
(Stratos Unternehmungsberatung GmbH)
(Strauber-Frommhold GmbH )
(Hansjörg Streifeneder)
(Professor Alex Strojnik)
(Vladimir Štros)
(Walter Studer & Rudolf Sägesser)
(Jacek Stupnicki)
(P. Brenner & M. Schrenk / Flugtechnische Verein Stuttgart)
(Jindřich & Karel Suchý)
(Mignon V. Sukhanov / Sukhanova Novossibirsk )
(Gary Sunderland)
(Sándor Svachulay)
(Savezni Vazduhoplovni Centar )
(Swales Developments)
(Franz Swaty)
(Swift Ltd.)
SUT-1 – (Sydney University Trainer 1)
SUT-2 – (Sydney University Trainer 2)
(András Szokolay & Endre Jancso / MSrE; Aero Ever Ltd., Aircraft Factory of Transylvania; different workshops of Aero Clubs)
(Roman Szynkiewicz)
Notes
^ "La Base Des Planeurs; La Base Des Personnalités; La Base Bibliographique" [The Database Of Gliders; The Database Of Personalities; The Bibliographic Database]. j2mcl planeurs (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Saurma-Jeltsch Motorglider" . Retrieved 11 March 2016 .
^ a b c Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1983). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83 . London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2 .
^ Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893–1939 . London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-370-00085-5 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-03" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-04 Temp" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-05" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-08" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-10" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-16" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-17" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev SH-18" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ "Sheremetev XXX Let" (in French). Team J2mcL. Retrieved 2020-04-18 .
^ a b Gaillard, Pierre (1991). Les Avions Francaisde 1965 a 1990 . Paris: Editions EPA. ISBN 2-85120-392-4 .
^ Keimel, Reinhard (1980). Propeller-Luftfahrzeugkonstruktionen seit 1945 (in German) (1. Aufl. ed.). Graz: H. Weishaupt Verlag. ISBN 3-900310-02-5 .
^ James, Thurstan, ed. (28 August 1931). "A Southdown Skysailer". The Sailplane and Glider . 2 (4): 38.
^ Holswilder, Alex (1997). "Sailplane Directory" . Netherlands. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011 .
^ a b Jackson, Paul, ed. (2005). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 2004-05 . London: Jane's Publishing Group. ISBN 0-7106-2614-2 .
^ "American airplanes: st – sz" . Aerofiles.com. 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2011-04-08 .
^ Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1988). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1988-89 . London: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5 .
^ 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 .
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