Gliders

The Museums Glider Collection

Hotspur
Twin Hotspur
Airspeed Horsa
Colditz Cock
BV 40
​BV 40 R

DFS 108-53 Habicht
Waco Hadrian
Me 321 Gigant
Gotha 242

Australia

DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders.

Germany

• Blohm & Voss BV 40, (1944) fighter prototype.
• Blohm & Voss BV 246, glide bomb. not used operationally
• DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops.
• DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 1 built.
• Gotha Go 242, (1941) transport, 23 troops. 1,528 built.
  • Gotha Go 244, Motorised version of Go 242, 43 built and 133 Go 242B converted
• Gotha Ka 430, transport, 12 troops. 12 built.
• Messerschmitt Me 321, (1941) heavy transport 120 troops. 330 built.
  • Messerschmitt Me 323 (1942) motorised development of Me 321, 211 built
• Junkers Ju 322, (1941) heavy transport prototype, 140 troops. 2 built.

India

Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider

Italy

• Aeronautica Lombarda AL.12P glider, 12 troops, 16 built (other source claims 2 prototypes, 6 on order, no delivered).
• C.A.T. TM-2 glider, 20 troops (other source claims 10 troops), 1 built.

Japan

Army

• Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew
• Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype
• Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype
• Maeda Ku-6, flying tank
• Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers
• Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew
• Yokosuka Ku-13, Experimental "Shusui" Light/Heavy Glider

Navy

• Yokosuka MXY-5
• Yokosuka MXY-6, testing Motor Glider
• Yokosuka MXY8"Akigusa", unpowered trainer for Mitsubishi J8M

Romania

Gotha Go 242A-1

Sweden

AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.

Turkey

THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.

United Kingdom

• Airspeed Horsa, 25 passengers and 2 crew or equivalent weight of cargo including small vehicles. 3,655 built.
• Baynes Bat, (1943) experimental glider for testing design of a tank carrying glider
• General Aircraft Hamilcar, (1942) 7 t (6.9 long tons) of cargo and 2 crew. 412 built.
  • General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk. X, Motorised version with 2x Bristol Mercury 31 of 965 hp. 22 examples converted
• General Aircraft Hotspur, trainer 8 passengers and 2 crew. more than 1,000 built.
• Slingsby Hengist, 15 passengers and 1 crew. 18 built.
• Colditz Cock

USA

• Allied XLRA
• Cornelius XFG-1, fuel carrier, 2 prototypes
• St Louis CG-5 prototype only
• Waco CG-3
• Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built., known in US Navy service as "Waco LRW-1"
• Waco CG-13A
• Waco CG-15
• General Airborne Transport XCG-16A
• Bristol XLRQ Amphibian Assault Glider
• Douglas XCG-17 - prototype based on de-engined C-47 Skytrain.
• Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A "Trojan Horse" - Large Transport Glider. Some confusion as to the differences between the XCG-10 and the XCG-10A. 2 prototypes built and flown.

USSR

• Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced
• Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
• BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built.
• Gribovski G-11, 20 troops
• KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built.
• SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle.
• TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.

Alfred Voigt Lo-100XXX
Alsema SagittaXX X
Antonov A-9X
Antonov A-15X
Avia 40PX
BG Gypsy 135X
BJ DusterXXX
BJ Duster (Electric)X
Blanik L-13 & L-13AC X
Blanik L-23 X
BowlusX
Camel by J.S. SprouleXX
Caudron C-800X
Cijan_Obadi OraoXX
D-STURM - a rare gull wing glider
DFS HabichtX
DFS Kranich IIIX 
DFS Meise
Eon OlympiaX
DFS ReiherXXX
DFS SeeAdlerXXX
DFS WeiheXX
EON Olympia 465X
FVA-10B RheinlandX
FafnirXXX
Fauvel AV-36XX
Fauvel AV-45X
Fauvel AV48X
Fournier RF5bX
Franklin PS2 X
GheppioXX
Gluhareff S-22 
(Guest Listing) XX
Grunau BabyXXX
Guerchais-Roche G.R.70XXX
Göppingen Gö 4 (Goevier)X
HW-4 FlamingoX
Hall Cherokee 2 
(Guest Listing) XX
Harakka Primary Glider XX
Horten IIIXX
Horten IVbXX
Hutter-17XX
IBEX by Stan HallXX
Inteco L-213AXX
Jacht 71 amphibious gliderX
Jastrzab photo file & 3-viewX
KAI-14 X
KIM-3 StakenhovetsX
Karakán XX - soonX - soon
KranichXX
Manuel CondorXX
Manuel HawkX
Manuel Wren seriesX
Mg-19 SteinadlerXX
Mineo M-5 X
Moswey 3 XXX
Mu-13 DXXX
Mu-15X
Mu-17X
Neukom ELFE P1X
OBS Urubu X
OlympiaX
Orlik III - a giant model XX
PWS 101 XXX
PWS 102 RekinX
PZL-SWIDNIK PW-5 SMYKX
Paul Jarve - was the unknown glider X
Penrose PegasusXX
Peterson J-4 JavelinX
RRG Rhönadler 35X
Racek 3 XX
RhönbussardXX
RhönsperberXX
RoPa 140 - a 1950's gull wing gliderXX
Russian Record HoldersX
SCUD sailplanes X
SG-1X
SZD 20x (Wampir 2)XXX
SZD 8 JaskolkaXX
SZD Jaskolka family X
SZD-9 Bocian plan onlyX (2 )X
Sant AmrogioX
Scheibe - Loaravia 
SF-27 TopazeX
Scheibe - Mu 13
Bergefalke I to IVXXX
Scheibe SF28AX
Scheibe Spatz IXX
Schempp-Hirth MinimoaX
Schempp-Hirth Minimoa Mo2a The 2 seat version 
XX
Schempp-Hirth SHK 1XX
Schleicher ASK-13 XX
Schleicher ASK-16 X
Schleicher ASK-18 XFlight trialsX
Schleicher K 11X see New larger scale planX
Schleicher Ka- 2b
"Rhönschwalbe"XX
Schleicher Ka-3XX
Schleicher Ka-6 XXXX
Schleicher Ka-7
"Rhönadler"XXX
Schleicher Ka-8BXXX
Schneider ES-52b KookaburraXXX
Schneider ES-65 
PlatypusX
Schreder / Slingsby HP-14 XX
Schulgleiter SG-38X
Schwan an ornithopter glider X
Schweizer SGU 1-7X
Schweizer TG-2X
Scott VikingX
Shenstone HarbingerXXX
Slingsby T-12 GullXX
Slingsby T-13 Petrel XXX
Slingsby T-21 Sedburgh plansXX
Slingsby T-24 Falcon 4 plansX
Slingsby T-26 Kite 2a plan

X
Slingsby T-30 Prefect planXX
Slingsby T-31 T. Tutor plansXX
Slingsby T-34 Sky XXX
Slingsby T-35 AustralXX
Slingsby T-41 Sylark 2c XX
Slingsby T-45 SwallowXXX
Slingsby T-46XX
Slingsby T-49 Capstan WalkaroundX
Slingsby T-50 Sylark 4X
Slingsby T-51 DartX
Slingsby T-6 Kirby KiteXX
Slingsby T-7 CadetXXX
Slingsby T-9 King KiteX
Slingsby T46X
Slingsby T61 FalkeX
Spalinger_S18X
Spalinger_S25aXXX
Sperber JuniorXX
WLM-1X
Wren SeriesX
ZephyrusX under construction
Zlin 24 KrajánekXX
Zogling SG38 PlansXX
Zugvogel IIIX
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