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

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.

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 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.

The SF-24 Motorspatz is a two-seat self-launched glider developed and built in Germany for training purposes. Scheibe over the years has developed a number of gliders, a few of which have been motorised.

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

The Antares is a single-seat self-launched glider, produced in Zweilbrucken, Germany, by Lange Aviation GmbH which utilises an engine in the rear fuselage and is produced in a number of models.

The LS-8 series of high-performance gliders emanated from Germany and was designed in 1994 to meet the requirements of some operators to have an engine for sustaining flight to prevent out-landings and sometimes damage to the aircraft.

The Silent 2 is one of a series of single-seat sailplanes produced in Italy to meet FAI type DU-Class regulations. It is produced by Alisport as a ready-to-fly or kit-built glider and is available as a self-launched glider, being fitted with a two-stroke engine driving a single-blade propeller via a