List of gliders (B)
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.
| List of gliders | 
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| By constructor name | 
| Lists of aircraft | 
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B
    
    
BAC
    
(British Aircraft Company)
Bacerka
    
- Bacerka (glider)
 
Backstrom
    
(Al Backstrom)
- Backstrom EPB-1 Flying Plank
 - Backstrom WPB-1 Powered Plank
 - Backstrom Flying Plank II
 
Baden-Baden
    
(Segelflugzeugwerke Baden-Baden)
- Baden-Baden glider
 
Baitler
    
(Miroslav Baitler / I. skupina konstruktérů Aero, Praha (Prague))
- Můra 1922
 
Baker McMillen
    
(Frank Gröss / Baker McMillen)
- Baker McMillen Cadet
 
Ball
    
(James Noel Ball)
- Ball 1929 glider
 - Ball 1930 glider
 
Bange
    
(John J. Bange)
- Bange 1936 glider
 - Bange Azure Star
 
Bange
    
(John J. Bange - Clifton, Queensland, Australia)
- Bange Azure Star (Bange Z-B-I)
 - Bange Azure Star II (Bange Z-B-II)
 
Bango-Schmid
    
(Bango & Schmid)
- Bango-Schmid 1930 glider
 
Barbat-Dunn-Rigby
    
(BARBAT, Edward & DUNN, Colin & RIGBY, Colin)
- Barbat-Dunn-Rigby GBDR
 
Bardin
    
(René Bardin)
- Bardin Alérion
 - Bardin Alérion Biplace
 - Bardin B-1 Vauville
 
Barnaby
    
(Ralph Barnaby)
- Ralph Barnaby 1909 glider
 
Barratt-Bradley
    
(Jock Barratt & Harold Bradley / Waikerie Gliding Club)
- Barratt-Bradley Pelican 2
 
Barros
    
(Cláudio Pinto de Barros / Centro de Estudos Aeronáuticos (CEA) / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Bello Horizonte, Brazil)
- Barros CB-1 Gaivota
 
Barszczowski
    
(Walenty Barszczowski)
- Barszczowski 1913 Glider
 
Barta
    
(Karl Barta)
- Barta Dactylus 2
 - Barta Dactylus 3
 
Bartos/Nobel
    
Bates
    
(Carl Stephen BATES, Clear Lake, Iowa (USA) / Popular Mechanics)
- Popular Mechanics Glider
 
Baudoux-Orta
    
(Pierre Baudoux & José Orta / Ateliers Orta, Saint-Hubert, Belgium)
- Baudoux-Orta SBO
 
Ted Bauer
    
(Ted Bauer / San Gabriel Academy students, Californie, USA)
- Bauer Bird
 
Bäumer
    
(Bäumer Aero GmbH, Hamburg / Paul Bäumer)
- Bäumer B-1 Roter Vogel
 
Bazin
    
(Albert Bazin)
- Bazin 1904
 - Bazin 1905
 - Bazin 1909
 
Bauer
    
- Bauer Bz.II
 
Beatty-Johl
    
- Beatty-Johl BJ-2 Assegai
 - Beatty-Johl BJ-3
 - Beatty-Johl BJ-4
 
Beaufort Gliding Club
    
(Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club, Victoria, Australia)
- Beaufort Gliding Club Zephyrus
 - Beaufort Gliding Club Phoenix
 
Bekmanis
    
(Edvins Bekmanis)
- Bekmanis Gaigalina
 - Bekmanis Spriditis
 
Bėkšta
    
(Romualdas Bėkšta)
- Bėkšta RB-11
 
Belin brothers.
    
- Belin bros. 1908 glider
 
Belyayev
    
(Viktor Nikolayevich Belyayev)
- Belyayev BP-3
 - Belyayev EF-1
 - Belyayev EF-2
 
Benes
    
(Pavel Beneš)
- Benes LD 605 Haban - post-war military assault glider under construction, but cancelled 1951[8]
 
Benz
    
(Ing. Hans Benz, Mönchen-Gladbach.)
- Benz Be-2
 
Berca
    
(Jorge Berca)
- Berca JB-1
 - Berca JB-2
 - Berca JB-3
 - Berca JB-4
 
Berkout
    
- Berkout (glider)
 
Berliner Segelflugvereins
    
- Berliner Segelflugvereins 1923 primary
 
Bertelli
    
- Bertelli Aerostave
 
Bertin
    
(Bertin (glider constructor))
- Bertin Compact
 - Bertin B-12
 
Bielany School
    
- Bielany School Glider
 
Bilski
    
- Bilski Mewa (Gull) No.14 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
 
Bína
    
(Karel Bína / B. Metyš & J. Litomyšl Matoušek)
- Bína Litomyšl-1
 
Binder
    
- Binder EB28
 - Binder EB29
 - Binder ASH-25 EB28
 
Biot
    
- Biot Massia
 
Birmingham Guild
    
Birò Regina
    
- Birò Regina
 
Birrlauf
    
(Benny Birrlauf)
- Birrlauf Beny I
 - Birrlauf Gerspach
 
Bisser
    
- Bisser – Bulgaria
 
Bistrama & Puławski
    
- Bistrama & Puławski SL-3 No.8 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
 
Blessing
    
(Gerhard Blessing / Sportverein Merseburg)
- Blessing Rebell
 - Blessing V-7 Gleiter-Max
 - Blessing Kolibri-B
 - Blessing Falter-Scooter
 
Blogoslawienstwo
    
- Blogoslawienstwo
 
Boeing
    
- Boeing Steel Truss Glider
 
Bohatyrew
    
(Michal Bohatyrew)
- Bohatyrew Motyl
 - Bohatyrew Miś (Miś - Teddy Bear) (No.12) – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925
 
Böhm
    
- Böhm Schmankerl foot-launched rigid flying wing glider
 
Bolton
    
- Bolton 1932
 
Bonn
    
- Bonn Helge
 - Bonn I Vulkan
 - Bonn Schlägel und Eisen
 
Bonnet
    
(Pierre Bonnet - Louis Clément - Henri Mignet)
- Bonnet double monoplan
 - Bonnet-Clément BC-1
 - Bonnet-Clément BC-7
 - Bonnet-Mignet 1923 glider
 
Bonnet-Labranche
    
(Émile Bonnet-Labranche / Ateliers vosgiens Saint Dié)
- Bonnet-Labranche 1909 glider
 
Bonomi
    
(Aeronautica Bonomi)
- Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante
 - Bonomi BS.2 Balestruccio
 - Bonomi BS.4 Basettino
 - Bonomi BS.5 Ballerina
 - Bonomi BS.7 Allievo Italia
 - Bonomi BS.8 Biancone
 - Bonomi BS.9 Bertina
 - Bonomi BS.10 Ardea
 - Bonomi BS.11 Milano
 - Bonomi BS.12 Roma
 - Bonomi BS.14 Astore
 - Bonomi BS.15 Bigiarella
 - Bonomi BS.16 Allievo Bonomi
 - Bonomi BS.17 Allievo Cantù
 - Bonomi BS.18 Airone
 - Bonomi BS.19 Alca
 - Bonomi BS.20 Albanella
 - Bonomi BS.22 Alzavola
 - Bonomi BS.24 Biposto Roma
 - Bonomi BS.28 Alcione
 - Bonomi BS.28 Aerodinamico
 
Borchn-Anemon
    
(BORCHN, A. A. & ANEMON, O. K.)
- Borchn-Anemon BA-1 Tandem (Борчн- Анмонов БА-1)
 
Borghese
    
- Borghese 1931 hyydroglider
 
Borzecki
    
(Jozef Borzecki)
- Borzecki Alto-Stratus
 - Borzecki Cirrus
 - Borzecki JB-4 Skowronek
 - Borzecki Stratus
 
Bottini
    
- Bottini Mabo
 
Boulay-Menin
    
(Jacques Boulay & Menin)
- Boulay-Menin BM-1
 
Bourieau-Chapautau
    
- Bourieau-Chapautau glider
 
Bowers (glider constructor)
    
- Bowers Bantam
 
Bowlus-du Pont
    
- Bowlus M1-PU3
 - Bowlus 1912 glider
 - Bowlus Albatross 1 Falcon
 - Bowlus Albatross 2
 - Bowlus Albatross Senior
 - Bowlus Dragontross
 - Bowlus Flying Wing
 - Bowlus Super Albatross
 - Bowlus Super Sailplane
 - Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross
 - Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross
 - Bowlus BA-102 Two-place Baby Albatross
 - Bowlus BS-100 Super Albatross
 - Bowlus BT-100 Baby Albatross
 - Bowlus BTS-100 Two-place Baby Albatross
 - Bowlus G-100 Galloping Gertie
 - Bowlus-Criz MC-1
 - Bowlus-Criz MC-1 1/2 scale
 - Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing
 - Bowlus XCG-7
 - Bowlus XCG-8
 - Bowlus XCG-16
 - Bowlus/Nelson Dragonfly
 - Bowlus XBM-5 -
 - Bowlus XTG-12 TG-12 - 1942 Bowlus XBM-5,2-seat tandem-seat, mid-wing training glider, XBM-5 = Experimental Bowlus Military, Design number 5
 - Bowlus TG-12A: unrelated Bowlus-DuPont built M1PU3** 'Utility', 1 impressed ([designer Heath] McDowell, 1-place, Utility, 3rd design [?])
 
Bramingham
    
- Bramingham 1934 glider
 
Bräutigam
    
(Bernhard Bräutigam / Flugzeugbau Braütigam G.m.b.H. Weimar)
- Bräutigam Super Orchidee (D-STURM regn.)
 
Brditschka
    
(Heinz Brditschka)
- Brditschka Raab Krähe
 - Brditschka-Militki MB-E1 Electric One
 - Brditschka HB-21
 - Brditschka HB-22[10]
 - Brditschka HB-23
 
Breeze
    
- Breeze Oozle Bird
 
Bréguet
    
(Société anonyme des ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet)
- Bréguet Br 900 Louisette
 - Bréguet Br 901 Mouette
 - Bréguet Br 902 Cinzano
 - Bréguet Br 903
 - Bréguet Br 904 Nymphale
 - Bréguet Br 905 Fauvette
 - Bréguet Br 906 Choucas
 - Bréguet Br 907
 - Bréguet Colibri
 - Bréguet P-1
 - Bréguet P-2
 
Bremen-Lane
    
- Bremen-Lane glider
 
Briegleb
    
(William G. Briegleb)
- Briegleb BG-01 Utility
 - Briegleb BG-02
 - Briegleb BG-03
 - Briegleb BG-04
 - Briegleb BG-06
 - Briegleb BG-07
 - Briegleb BG-08
 - Briegleb BG-12
 - Briegleb BG-16
 - NASA Dryden-Briegleb M2-F1
 - Briegleb TG-9
 
Briffaud
    
(Georges Briffaud)
Bright Star
    
Brno
    
(Brno Technical university)
- Brno Technical university ASP-3 – (a.k.a. NSv-3 Cyrillic acronym)
 
Brochet
    
(Avions Maurice Brochet / Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet)
- Brochet Beynes-CAU
 - Brochet Brocheteau
 - Brochet MB-10 Ginette
 - Brochet MB-20
 
Brokker (glider constructor)
    
Brondel
    
(Christian Brondel)
- Brondel Cavok 10
 - Brondel CB-12
 - Brondel CB-15 Crystal
 - Brondel Hélium
 - Brondel ST-11
 - Brondel ST-12
 - Brondel ST-15
 
Brown
    
(Leeroy Brown/ Southdown SkySailing Club)
- Brown 1931 glider
 
Bryan Aircraft Company
    
See Schreder.
Brylinski
    
(Brylinski, Jacques & Wehrle, Jean)
- Brylinski JJ-2
 - Brylinski JJ-3
 - Brylinski Petrel
 
BS (glider constructor)
    
- BS 1K
 
Buchanan
    
(John Buchanan)
- Buchanan Ricochet
 
Bucher Leichtbau
    
(Heinrich Bucher) see Farner
Bums
    
- Bums glider
 - Bünzli
 
(Bunzli, Henri René / Société de Construction d'Appareils Aériens, Levallois)
- Bünzli 1908 glider
 
Burbulmate
    
- Burbulmate
 
Busso
    
- Busso San Giorgio
 
Butterworth-Ypinazar
    
- Butterworth-Ypinazar Primary
 
Buxton
    
(Jay Buxton)
- Buxton Roundair – Jay Buxton
 - Buxton Transporter – Jay Buxton
 
Bydgoszczy
    
- Bydgoszczy Żabuś
 
Notes
    
- "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
 - Cynk, Jerzy B. (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893–1939. London: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-370-00085-5.
 - "Bachem Lerche". J2mcl planeurs (in French). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
 - Gugju, Ion; Gheorghe Iacobescu; ovidiu Ionescu. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905 - 1974. Brasov.
 - Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.
 - Parmentier, Bruno (17 January 2013). "Bellanger-Denhaut, Planeur expérimental par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
 - "Bellanger-Denhaut BD-1". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). 6 September 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
 - "The Rise and Demise of a Weapon (1)". Air Enthusiast (1972–03).
 - Schneider, Helmut (1936). Flugzeug-Typenbuch 1936 (in German) (1936 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 17.
 - Taylor, John W. R.. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982–83. Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2
 - Gaillard, Pierre (1990). Les Avions Francaisde 1944 a 1964. Paris: Editions EPA. p. 86. ISBN 2-85120-350-9.
 - "Briffaud GB-80 Aérovoilier". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). 2 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2020.