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142 engineless aircraft — gliders and sailplanes — first flying between 1902 and 2022. Listed by first-flight year.

• Wright Glider (1902) 1902 — glider
• Ferber IX 1908 — glider
• Akaflieg Berlin Teufelchen 1922 — glider
• Messerschmitt S 14 1923 — glider
• Grunau 9 1928 — glider
• Cessna CG-2 1930 — glider
• RRG Fafnir 1930 — glider
• Slingsby T.3 Primary 1930 — glider
• Frankfort Cinema 1935 — glider
• Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa 1935 — glider
• Slingsby T.4 Falcon III 1935 — glider
• KhAI-3 1936 — glider
• W.W.S.1 Salamandra 1936 — glider
• DFS 230 1937 — glider
• DFS Reiher 1937 — glider
• Horten H.III 1937 — glider
• Horten H.V 1937 — glider
• DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter 1938 — glider
• Piper LNP-1 1938 — glider
• Schweizer SGS 2-8 1938 — glider
• Taylorcraft LNT-1 1939 — glider
• DFS 331 1940 — glider
• Gotha Go 241 1940 — glider
• Gotha Go 244 1940 — glider
• Antonov A-7 1941 — glider
• Gotha Go 242 1941 — glider
• Horten H.IV 1941 — glider
• Junkers Ju 322 1941 — glider
• Maeda Ku-1 1941 — glider
• Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant 1941 — glider
• Nippon Kokusai Ku-8 1941 — glider
• Piper TG-8 1941 — glider
• Schweizer LNS-1 1941 — glider
• Aeronca TG-5 1942 — glider
• General Aircraft Hamilcar 1942 — glider
• Pratt-Read TG-32 1942 — glider
• Slingsby Hengist 1942 — glider
• Waco CG-4 Hadrian 1942 — glider
• Waco LRW-1 1942 — glider
• General Airborne Transport XCG-16 1943 — glider
• Cornelius XFG-1 1944 — glider
• Douglas XCG-17 1944 — glider
• Focke-Wulf Ta 152 1944 — glider
• Gotha Ka 430 1944 — glider
• Laister-Kauffman CG-10 1944 — glider
• Slingsby T.20 1944 — glider
• Slingsby T.21 Sedbergh 1944 — glider
• Castel C-310P 1946 — glider
• Let LG-125 Sohaj 2 1946 — glider
• Let VT-425 Sohaj 3 1948 — glider
• Letov LF-107 Luňák 1948 — glider
• Rubik R-18 Kánya 1948 — glider
• Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutor 1948 — glider
• Yakovlev Yak-14 1948 — glider
• IS-5 Kaczka 1949 — glider
• Chase XCG-20 1950 — glider
• Let LF-109 Pionýr 1950 — glider
• Slingsby Grasshopper 1952 — glider
• PIK-11 1953 — glider
• SZD-10 Czapla 1953 — glider
• Pützer Horten Ho 33 1954 — glider
• Schweizer 1-26 1954 — glider
• SZD-11 Albatros 1954 — glider
• LET L-13 Blaník 1956 — glider
• Wassmer Javelot 1956 — glider
• Wassmer WA-20 Javelot 1956 — glider
• Akaflieg Stuttgart fs24 Phönix 1957 — glider
• Alexander Schleicher K 8 1957 — glider
• SZD-20X Wampir II 1959 — glider
• SZD-24 Foka 1960 — glider
• Ryan XV-8 Fleep 1961 — glider
• Scheibe Bergfalke IV 1961 — glider
• SZD SZD-21 Kobuz 1961 — glider
• Wassmer WA-22 Super Javelot 1961 — glider
• KAI-14 1962 — glider
• PZL-104 Wilga 1962 — glider
• Slingsby Dart 17 1963 — glider
• Bölkow Phoebus 1964 — glider
• Glasflügel H-301 Libelle 1964 — glider
• PIK-15 1964 — glider
• Schleicher ASW 12 1965 — glider
• Schleicher ASK 13 (K13) 1966 — glider
• SZD-30 Pirat 1966 — glider
• SZD-32 Foka 5 1966 — glider
• Glasflügel 201 Standard Libelle 1967 — glider
• Glasflügel H 202 Standard Libelle 1967 — glider
• PZL-104 Wilga 35 1967 — glider
• Schweizer 2-33 1967 — glider
• Wassmer Squale 1967 — glider
• Schleicher ASW 15 1968 — glider
• Glasflügel H 204 Standard Libelle 1970 — glider
• SZD-35 Bekas 1970 — glider
• Pilatus B4 1972 — glider
• Schempp-Hirth Milan GS 6 1972 — glider
• PIK-20 1973 — glider
• SZD-41 Jantar Standard 1973 — glider
• Grob G102 Astir 1974 — glider
• Schempp-Hirth Janus 1974 — glider
• Schleicher ASK 18 1974 — glider
• Schleicher ASW 19 1975 — glider
• SZD-42 Jantar 2 1976 — glider
• SZD-50 Puchacz 1976 — glider
• Alexander Schleicher ASW 20 1977 — glider
• AmeriPlanes Mitchell Wing A-10 1977 — glider
• DG-200 1977 — glider
• Schleicher ASK 21 1979 — glider
• HpH 304 1980 — glider
• PZL SZD-51 Junior 1980 — glider
• Rolladen-Schneider LS4 1980 — glider
• Slingsby T67 Firefly 1981 — glider
• DG-300 1983 — glider
• Rolladen-Schneider LS6 1983 — glider
• Aviat Husky 1986 — glider
• Schleicher ASK 23 1988 — glider
• SZD-55 1988 — glider
• Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 1990 — glider
• Zlín Z-242 1990 — glider
• Aeropro Eurofox 1991 — glider
• SZD-59 Acro 1991 — glider
• DG-505 Orion 1992 — glider
• LAK-17 1992 — glider
• Let L-33 Sólo 1992 — glider
• Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus 1993 — glider
• Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 1993 — glider
• Nimbus-4D 1995 — glider
• Schleicher ASW 27 1995 — glider
• DG-808 1996 — glider
• PZL-104M Wilga 2000 1996 — glider
• Liberty XL2 1997 — glider
• Aeropro EuroFOX 2K 2000 — glider
• DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000 2000 — glider
• Schleicher ASW 28 2000 — glider
• LAK-17A 2002 — glider
• Margański EM-10 Bielik 2003 — glider
• Margański EM-11 Orka 2003 — glider
• Schleicher ASG 29 2004 — glider
• JS-1 Revelation 2006 — glider
• LAK-20 2007 — glider
• Schempp-Hirth Arcus 2007 — glider
• Elbit Hermes 900 2009 — glider
• Jonker JS-3 Rapture 2016 — glider
• Elbit LANIUS 2022 — glider

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