Glider Collection

We have a large collection of gliders, dating from the late 1890s to the late 20th century. Many of them are on permanent display, while others are in storage or on loan to other museums. Below is an alphabetical listing by the builder, with designation, nickname, year built, registration number, and current status.

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	Builder	Name	Year	Reg. #	Status
1	Aviastroitel AC-4C	Russia	-	N4023Y	Storage	read more
2	Baker McMillen	Cadet	1929	G10265	Exhibit	read more
3	Berkshire	Concept 70	1972	N6BM	Storage	read more
4	Bowlus / BA-100	Baby Albatross	1938 / 44	none	Exhibit	read more
5	Bowlus / BA-102	2-place Baby Albatross	1941	N33630	Exhibit	read more
6	Bowlus / BS-100	Super Albatross	1942	N33658	Exhibit	read more
7	Bowlus-DuPont	Senior Albatross	1933	NC219Y	Exhibit	read more
8	Briegleb / BG-12BD		1972	N12RK	Exhibit	read more
9	Briegleb / BG-6		1940 / 1941	N25470	Exhibit	read more
10	Chanute-Herring		1896	-	Exhibit
11	DFS / Olympia-Meise		1947	N74ZH	Exhibit	read more
12	Elmira	Dagling Primary Glider	1929		Storage	read more
13	Franklin	PS-2	1930	G12185	Exhibit	read more
14	Franklin	PS-2	1930	N451Y	On Loan	read more
15	Glasflugel / H-301	Schuemann Libelle	1967	N25KD	Storage	read more
16	Glasflugel / H-301B	Libelle	1966	N260E	Exhibit
17	Goppingen / I	Wolf	1935	N31635	Exhibit	read more
18	Goppingen / III	Minimoa	1935	G16923	Exhibit	read more
19	Gross	Sky Ghost	1933	G11348	Storage	read more
20	Hall	Cherokee II RM	1953	N1658	Storage	read more
21	Hall	Ibex	1967	N63P	Storage	read more
22	Herring-Arnot		1897	-	On Loan
23	Hutter / H-17		1934	CF-RCD	Storage	read more
24	Laister / LP-15	Nugget	1970	N3MH	Exhibit	read more
25	Laister-Kauffman	LP-49			Exhibit
26	Laister-Kauffman / LK-10A		1942	N54191	Exhibit	read more
27	Marske	Genesis I	1994	N94GC	Exhibit	read more
28	Mitchell	Nimbus III	1956	N7864	Storage	read more
29	Nelson	Dragonfly BB-1	1946	N4ND	On Loan	read more
30	Niemi	Sisu 1-A	1964	N1003	Storage	read more
31	Peel	Flying Boat	1929	N255JB	On Loan	read more
32	Perl / PG-130	Penetrator	1953	N8146H	Storage	read more
33	Pratt-Read / PR-G1		1942	N5346G	On Loan	read more
34	Prue / 215		195?	-	Storage	read more
35	Prue / IIA		1964	N86671	Storage	read more
36	PZL-Swidnik / PW-5	"Smyk"	-	N737BS	Storage	read more
37	Rogallo	Hang Glider	1972	-	Exhibit
38	Ross / R-6		1956	N34H	On Loan
39	Ross R-1	Zanonia	1937	N18134	Exhibit	read more
40	Ross-Johnson / RJ-5		1948-50	N79T	Exhibit	read more
41	Schleicher / ASW-12		1965	N491V	On Loan	read more
42	Schleicher / Ka-6E		1965	N139N	Exhibit	read more
43	Schleicher / Ka-6E		1966	N59256	Storage	read more
44	Schreder / HP-10		1961	N4718G	Storage	read more
45	Schreder / HP-11A	Airmate	1964	N4777G	Storage	read more
46	Schreder / HP-16		1971	N45HP	Storage	read more
47	Schreder / HP-18		1976-84	N1YV	Exhibit	read more
48	Schreder HP-8	Airmate	1958	N34Y	On Loan	read more
49	Schweizer / SGP 1-1	Primary	1989	N50SZ	Exhibit	read more
50	Schweizer / SGS 1-21		1946	N91856	Storage	read more
51	Schweizer / SGS 1-23D		1964	N91899	Storage	read more
52	Schweizer / SGS 1-23HM		1954	N94298	Storage	read more
53	Schweizer / SGS 1-26	Prototype (001)	1954	N91889	On Loan
54	Schweizer / SGS 1-26E	Last one built (700)	1971	N36122	Exhibit	read more
55	Schweizer / SGS 1-29		1948	-	Storage
56	Schweizer / SGS 1-35		1972	N17900	Exhibit	read more
57	Schweizer / SGS 1-36	NASA prototype	-	-	Storage
58	Schweizer / SGS 2-22		-	N91833	Exhibit	read more
59	Schweizer / SGS 2-32		1964	N2767Z	Storage	read more
60	Schweizer / SGS 2-32		1964	N8600R	On Loan	read more
61	Schweizer / SGS 2-8	two-place sailplane	1941	N10VV	On Loan	read more
62	Schweizer / SGU 1-19		1946	N91806	Storage
63	Schweizer / SGU 1-19		1945	-	Exhibit	read more
64	Schweizer / SGU 1-19		1945	CF-ZBE	Storage
65	Schweizer / SGU 1-7	Utility Glider	1937	NR23036	Exhibit	read more
66	Schweizer / SGU 2-12 (TG-3)		1943	N61279	Exhibit	read more
67	Schweizer-Burr / SGS 1-24	Brigadoon	1953	N91888	On Loan	read more
68	Slingsby	Kirby Gull	1946	N41829	Exhibit	read more
69	Slingsby / UT-1	Dawydoff Cadet	1943	N30422	Storage
70	Steinhauser Sailplane Company	Midwest Utility Glider - MU-1	1943	NC31680	Exhibit	read more
71	Waco / CG-4A		c.1942		Exhibit	read more
72	Warsztaty Scybowcowe	Orlik II	1939	N23727	Exhibit	read more
73	Windward Performance	SparrowHawk	2002		Storage	read more
74	Wright (Replica)	1902 Glider	-	-	Exhibit
75	Wright (Replica)	1911 Glider	-	-	Exhibit	read more
76	Zoegling / Primary		1928		Exhibit	read more

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Glider Collection