Glider flight record holders

German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)

German aviator (1912–1979)

American businessman, record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer

British aviator (1866–1899)

Soviet test pilot and sportsman in gliding (1910-1986)

Italian aviator (1961–2006)

French fighter pilot (1914-2005)

German gliding pioneer (1900-1959)

Canadian aviator

rocket scientist (1908–1987)

pilot

German aviator (1911–1960)

Austrian gliding champion (1904–1948)

Polish glider pilot

Soviet aviator (1912–1942)

German pilot

German aviator

glider designer (1896-1967)

German glider pilot and dramaturge (1956–2006)

German-American scientist

American aviation inventor

British glider pilot and flying instructor

French aviator (1914-1974)

German gliding champion