List of Bulgarian gliders

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
By constructor name

Lists of aircraft

Bulgarian miscellaneous constructors
  • Bisser – Bulgaria
  • DAR Zdravka Vekilski – 1926 parasol single-seat glider, Hermann Vinter, 1 built – named after Lt Vekilski, Bulgarian national hero
  • DAR Rilski Orel – 1935 single-seat parasol training glider, span 15.82m – 3 built, 'Albatross', 'Chuchuliga' ('Lark') and 'Rilski Orel' ('Rilksi Eagle') – Rilski Orel won 1936 Olympic gold medal for flight qualities.[2]
  • DAR Zdravka Toprakchiev – 1926 parasol single-seat glider, Hermann Winter, 1 built – named after Mjr Toprakchiev, Bulgarian national hero[3]
  • Kometa Standard – L. Panov and D. Panchovsky
  • Kometa-Standard II – L. Panov and D. Panchovsky
  • Kometa-Standard III – L. Panov and D. Panchovsky
  • Lazarov Drang (Лазаров Дрангов) – Lazarov, Tzvetan – Bulgaria
  • Polkovnik Drangov – Lazarov, Zvetan – Bulgaria
  • Jerav (glider) – Bulgaria (Kranich II copy)
  • VSR Musachevo Jastreb[4]

Notes
  1. "j2mcl-planeurs". Team J2mcL. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  2. "DAR Rilski Orel". Team J2mcL. 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. "DAR Zdravka Toprakchiev". Team J2mcL. 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  4. Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 40–41.

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