The LAK 17 series is a single-seat glider designed by members of the Lithuanian Aero Club to meet JAR-22 Utility category regulations.

The Dimona is a powered glider built by Walf Hoffman Flugzeugbau KG at Ulm in Germany and at Weiner Newstadt in Austria, the prototype of which flew for the first time on 9 October 1980, and more than 300 examples have been delivered.

The 304 MS Shark is one of a range of high performance gliders designed in Germany and built by HpH Ltd in the Czech Republic and is a single-seater of composite construction available in the 15-metre Class up to the two-seat 20-metre Open Class and was developed from the German

The Trener / Trener Master series of light aircraft was designed to meet a specification calling for a standard basic training aircraft that would meet the needs of both military and civil flying schools.

The Whisper is a self-launched motor-glider produced by Whisper Aircraft of Port Elizabeth in South Africa for the World market.

The Taifun is a two-seat, self-launched glider designed and built by Valentin Flugzeugbau GmbH at Hasfurt in Germany, the prototype (D-KONO) flying for the first time on 28 February 1981.

The Easy /rider is a single-seat ultra-light or hang glider designed by Lawrence Mauro and John Moody of Ultralight Flying Machines in the United States and the prototype made its first flight in 1975, being placed in limited production, examples being sold around the World.

In the 1950s Reginald Todhunter became involved in sailplanes and started a business Glidair Sailplanes at Bankstown, NSW, where he repaired gliders.

The Alpin is one of a series of gliders produced in the Czech Republic by TeST, this company being formed in 1992 with the aim of designing and producing ultralight gliders, ultralight motor gliders, and ultralight aircraft and to this end the company has been very successful.

The Atlas 10 series is a self-launched glider seating two, with an engine behind the cockpit folding into the rear fuselage.

The Model 77 Solitaire was designed by Burt Rutan as an entry to the Sailplane Homebuilders Association Design Competition in the United States in 1982 and his design, a single-seat canard aircraft with a mid-wing, won the contest, its unusual layout attracting a lot of interest. For a few years

The Sunbird was a motor glider or self-launched glider designed and constructed in New Zealand by Charles Stanton over a three year period from 1993, the machine utilising some parts from the American Eaglet ZK-GOE (c/n AACA/641) which Mr Stanton had previously owned.

Stemme GmbH & Co of Strausberg was formed in 1985 (in Berlin) to develop high performance gliders, and the prototype S-10 (D-KKST) was flown for the first time on 6 July 1986.

The RF-4 was one of a series of self-launched gliders designed by Rene Fournier in France. The first of the motor glider series of aircraft was the RF-01 (F-WJGX) built in a disused laundry in Cannes over a period of three years.

The Sportavia-Putzer series of aircraft was designed in Germany by Mr M Rene Fournier, the company being formed in 1966 to take over from Alpavia the manufacture of his series of light aircraft.

The Virus and Sinus light powered gliders are members of a family of aircraft produced to meet world ultra-light regulations and which are produced in volume by Pipistrel in Slovenia for the world market.

The Taurus is a light sport aircraft produced in Slovenia and, like the other aircraft in the company’s range, is basically a self-launched glider.

In early 2015 Morgan Aeroworks of Taree, NSW announced it was planning to put into production an aircraft known as the Shawnee.

The Monerai is a glider designed and developed in the United States in the late 1970s and aimed at the home-built market.

The Blanik L-13 glider was a two-seat trainer produced by Let Kunovice in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s, the prototype making its first flight in 1956 and more than 3,000 examples have been delivered in a variety of models over many years. It is said to be the most widely used

The JS-3 Rapture is one of a series of high performance gliders built in South Africa by Jonker Sailplanes the first model being the JS-1, the prototype of which flew for the first time on 12 December 2006 and the company immediately became known as a builder of world-class sailplanes.

For some years now the Grob Flugzeugbau company in Germany has built a series of high-performance gliders, including the G-103 Twin Astir.

The RW-3 Multoplane was designed by Hanno O Fischer, a World War II fighter pilot, as a practical and economic means of transport for two, being a fully aerobatic light aeroplane

The SunDancer is a development of the Urban UFM-13 Lambada to meet the American Light-Sport Aircraft regulations with a gross weighty of 600-kg (1,323 lb) and is listed as a type approved by the US FAA in that category.

In March 1942 the Department of Air published a requirement for 126 troop transport gliders for the RAAF, and a specification was issued for a seven-seat prototype of the glider for development and testing.

The Swift started lift as a lightweight foot-launched tailless glider with rigid wings and was designed in California in the United States but has been manufactured by Aeriane, a Company based at Gembloux in Belgium and was initially built under licence but later the Belgian concern became the sole manufacturer.