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.

KAI

(Kazan Aviation Institute – Казанский авиационный институт)

Kaiser

(Rudolf Kaiser)

Kalinin OKB

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

Kantor-Kurklik

(František Kantor & Karel Kurklik)

Karpinski

Karski

(Julian Karski)

Karvelis

(Balys Karvelis)

Kasper

(Witold Kasper)

Kasprzyk

Kassel

(Segelflugzeugbau Kassel)

Kayaba

Kegel

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

Keihikoki

Kelsey

(Frank Kelsey)

Kemeny

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

Kendall

(Hugh Kendall)

Kenilworth

Kennedy-Watson

(Harold Kennedy and Floyd Watson)

Kensgailos

(Vlado Kensgailos)

Kesselyàk

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

KhAI

(Kharkov Aviation Institute)

  • KhAI-3 Харьков ХАИ-3

Keith-Weiss

(Alexander Keith & José Weiss)

Kimura

(Dr. Hidemasa Kimura)

Király-Berkovice

Kirchner

(Wilhelm Kirchner at Kassel / Niederhessischer Verein für Luftfahrt)

Kirigamine

(Kirigamine Glider Manufacturing Co.)

Kissinger-Crookes

( Curtiss Kissinger, LeRoy Crookes)

Kittelberger

(Walter & Karl Kittelberger)

Klementyev

(P. Klementyev)

Klobučar

(Viktor Klobučar)

Klotz

K.L.S.

('Start' Aviation Circle)

Knechtel

(Ing. Wilhelm Knechtel)

Kocjan

(Antoni Kocjan)

Kodytek

(Josef Kodytek)

Köhl

(Hermann Köhl / Koehl)

Kohler

(Spud Kohler)

Kokusai

(Kokusai Koku Aircraft Company)

Kolbányi

Kolesnikov

(D.N. Kolesnikov)

Komadori

Königsberg Lüwa III

(Ostpreußischer Verein für Luftfahrt, Königsberg)

Korolev

(Sergei P. Korolev)

Konrad

(F. Konrad / Konrad Segelflugzeugbau)

Kopp

Kortenbach & Rauh

(designed by Schultes, Seidel and Putz)

Gilbert Kosellek

(Gilbert Kosellek)

Koser

(KB – Koser-Branko)

Kostenko-Rauschenbusch

(Костенко-Раушенбах ЛАК-1/2)

Kourouvakalis-Pikros

(Platon Kourouvakalis & Costas Pikros)

Koutný

(Ladislav Koutný)

Kouzakov

(M.A. Kouzakov)

Kovalenko

Koželuh

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

Kráľovič

(Anton Kráľovič)

Krekel

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

Kristovskogo

(E. Kristovskogo)

Kromer

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

Kronfeld

(Robert Kronfeld)

Krutchkoff

Kryšpín

(Jan Kryšpín / Továrně Avia)

Krząkała

(Wiktor Krząkała)

Ksoll

(J. Ksoll)

Kubicki

(Jan Kubicki)

Kućfir

(Konrad Kućfir)

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

Kuffner

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

Kuhelj

(Anton Kuhelj)

Küpper

(August Küpper)

Kusbach-Bartoník-Kotolánem

(Kusbach Bartoník & Kotolánem)

Kuzmickas

(Antanas Kuzmickas)

Kyushu

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

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