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D-Day - Glider reinforcement teamA team of paratroopers amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast
German Glider MeetingPoster for a German gliding meeting
A glider catapulted into the air
German inventions for war in the air by G. H. DavisThe ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war in the air. Illustrating the methods and machines exploited and used by the Germans during the Second World War. Date: 1945
Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World WIllustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944
Santos-Dumont Demoiselle replica 9 : A flyable replica built by Personal Plane Services Ltd at Booker, for the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. DavisLanding air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings
Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar gliderPetaurus breviceps ariel (Gould, 1849) sugar glider. BMNH 1842.5.26.1, female skin & skull, lectotype photographed next to specimen BMNH 1855.12.24.308 paralectotype skin
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training. AOUO was purchsed by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association in the early 1970s and converted to a Supermunk
Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1896 Date: 1896
Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1898 Flying Date: 1898
Wilbur Wright in the 1902 glider in flight. Date: 1902
Men of the British First Airborne Division in a glider; SecoPhotograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division in a glider on the way to Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan
Sugar GliderA Sugar Glider (or Flying Sugar), a small gliding possum, native to eastern and northern mainland Australia. Date: 1960s
Air Scouts learning to glideTwo Scouts sit in a Slingsby T.21 while another Scout connects it to a cable prior to launch at the first Air Scout Gliding Course at Lasham. An Avro York G-ANTK can also be seen in the background
Chanute biplane glider
Bleriot-Voisin float glider shortly after launch on the SeinBle
Maxim-Dunne gliderThe Maxim-Dunne glider at Crystal Palace 1904 Date: 1904
Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 XP490 (msn 1267) Date: 1963
Elliott's of Newbury EoN 419 G-APLSElliott's of Newbury Olympia 415 G-APLS (msn EON/4/003), at RAF Odiham on 27 September 1958 With Sergeant Andy Gough showing visitors round his glider. Date: 1958
Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XE800Air Cadets - Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XE800 (Tandem Tutor), of 622 Volunteer Gliding School, at RAF Old Sarum on 27 February 1971. Date: 1971
Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 WT901Air Cadets - Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 WT901 (Tandem Tutor), of 622 Volunteer Gliding School, at RAF Old Sarum on 27 February 1971. Date: 1971
Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XA924Air Cadets - Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XA924 (Tandem Tutor), of 622 Volunteer Gliding School, at RAF Old Sarum on 27 February 1971. Date: 1971
ICA-Brasov IS-28M YR-1018ICA-Brasov IS-28M-1 YR-1018 (msn 01), at Le Bourget airport for the Paris Air Show in June 1979. Date: 1979
Putzer Elster V1 D-EJOB (msn V1), the first prototype of the Elster, derived from the Doppelraab glider via the Motorraab motor-glider. Date: 1958
Airspeed Horsa I assault gliderRoyal Air Force - Airspeed Horsa I assault glider, on tow using the Y-bridle of early Horsas. Date: circa 1943
Horsa Glider Memorial, Wolfheze, HollandWolfheze is a small village about 10km to the west of Arnhem beside which the Operation Market Garden 17 September 1944 Landing Zones Z ands (gliders) and Drop Zone X (parachutists) were located
Bristol Aeronautical Corporation XLRQ-1 11652, the 2nd prototype amphibious assault transport glider at the Naval Air Material Centre (NAMC) Philadelphia
Dittmar HD. 153 Motor-Mowe D-ELEXDittmar HD.153 Motor-Mowe D-ELEX. A powered development of the Dittmar HD.53 Mowe glider, produced in limited quantities in 1950s Germany. Date: 1960s
Amy Johnson alongside a Zogling primary gliderAmy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot (the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia) standing beside a Kegel-built Zogling primary glider, near Wendover
Porte and Pirie Glider early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Pilcher Hawk Glider early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Walton No. 1 Glider early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
The Arial Steam Carriage - proposed flying machineThe Arial Steam Carriage An illustration of proposed flying machine probably 1840s
Pointon Hawk glider, in flight at Mangere, NZ, in 1931. (rnzaf.proboards. com/thread/30588/hawk-glider-1931) Date: 1931
Fauvel AV. 36 R15Fauvel AV.36 R15, a tail-less glider of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association, based at the RAFGSA Centre, RAF Bicester
Piper Pawnee B G-AXEDPiper PA-25-235 Pawnee B G-AXED (msn 25-3586), in use as a glider tug at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Date: circa 1975
de Havilland Chipmunk 22 G-BBMSde Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-BBMS (msn C1/0359, ex T.10 WG306), in use as a glider tug at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Date: circa 1975
Raymond Baxter being filmed in a Slingsby T. 21 gliderRaymond Baxter about to have a glider flight during filming, in a Slingsby T.21 2-seat training glider, at Lasham. Date: circa 1960
Canadian registered light aircraft and glidersA selection of Canadian registered light aircraft and gliders, L to R, top to bottom:- CF-FPH, a Cessna 195; CF-EUM, a Piper PA-12; CF-FKL, a Beech 33 Bonanza; CF-ZAI, a glider; CF-ZBK
Glider Aircraft at National Gliding Contests, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, July 1938 Date: 1938
Schleicher K-6E CCU, at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. (My ex-wife had a share in this glider, so I could fly it any time I liked - fantastic)
SNCASO SO-P1 Ferblantine 01, during assembly at the SNCASO factory in Vichy France. First flown in 1941, this glider was hidden when Vichy France was occupied by the Germans
Schleicher ASW20 EBX (msn20058, BGA No.2565), in the glider parking - preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982
SZD-9 Bocian 1E BGA No. 2013SZD-9 Bocian 1E BGA No.'2013 (msn P.670), Polish all-wooden training glider. Date: circa 1981
Eiri-Avion Pik-20E G-BHNP (msn 20253), a Finnish-built self-launching glider.. Date: circa 1981
Let L-13 Blanik G-ATRA (msn 173304), all-metal training glider. Date: circa 1979
Yorkshire Sailplanes YS-53 Sovereign 556, , all-metal training glider, ready to emerge from the hangar. Date: circa 1979
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3 G-AYFAScottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 3 (CC.1) G-AYFA (msn 538, ex XM285, ex G-31-15), slowly succumbing to spares recovery among the glider trailers at Shobdon
Fournier RF-5 G-AZRK (msn 5112), at Strathallan in July 1978. The Fournier RF-5 is a two-seat motor glider designed by Rene Fournier. and produced, principally by Sportavia-Putzer GmbH. Date: 1978
WW2 poster, August - Gliding, featuring ATC (Air Training Corps) gliders. One of a series of prints commissioned and published by CEMA (Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts)
Piper Pawnee G-BDPJPiper PA-25-235 Pawnee G-BDPJ (msn 25-3665), in use as a glider tug with the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RSAFGSA), Date: circa 2000
CASA 127 U. 9-04 - 79-112Fuerza Aerea Espanola - CASA 127 U.9-04 - 79-112 (msn 04), in use as a glider tug at the SpAF gliding school. (Fuerza Aerea Espanola - Spanish Air Force). Date: circa 1995
Schweizer SGS 1-26E N17953United States Air Force - Schweizer SGS 1-26E N17953 (msn 553), a club glider of the USAF Academy, in April 1997. Date: 1997
Schweizer SGS 2-33A N7538United States Air Force - Schweizer SGS 2-33A N7538 (msn 168), a basic training glider of the USAF Academy, In April 1997. Date: 1997
Schleicher ASK21 N972AFUnited States Air Force - Schleicher ASK21 N972AF (msn 21320), advanced training glider of the USAF Academy, In April 1997. Date: 1997
Tetrarch tank and Hamilcar glider by Alan Anderson
Glider used for display at the Cobham Air Circus Date: 1930s
Schleicher ASW-19B R19 (msn 19317), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. I flew this glider many times at RAF Hullavington, before it was re-allocated to another club
Eiri-Avion PIK-20 OH-500 ER, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. (Note: The Standard Cirrus in the background, 569, is the glider I had a quarter share in, around the time this was taken)
WW II - Britiash airborne troops east of River Rhine, GermaVintage photograph World War II - Britiash airborne troops just after disembarking from a glider, east of the River Rhine, Germany
325th Glider, 504th PIR & Polish Para Memorial, HollandThe dramatic rusting parachutes, designed by Leo Gerritsen and Henk van Hout, were erected on 17 September 1985. They commemorate the fact that these fields, designated landing area O
View of Pegasus Bridge, Gondree Caf & gun pitThis view is from the east bank of the Orne Canal, (the side where the gliders landed). The Gondree Caf is on the left and the German gun pit and the bridge are on the right
Poplar admiral, common glider, and Hungarian gliderPoplar admiral, Limenitis populi, common glider, Neptis sappho, and Hungarian glider, Neptis rivularis. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas
Swamp wallaby and yellow-bellied gliderSwamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, and yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838
Feathertail glider and Talaud bear cuscusFeathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus, and Talaud bear cuscus, Ailurops melanotis (critically endangered). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon
Cuscus, yellow-bellied glider, feathertailNorthern common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis 3, yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis 4, feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus 5, Peziza fungi 1 and Psygmatocerus wagleri beetle 2
Common glider, original club-dot sailer and smoky orange tipCommon glider butterfly, Cymothoe caenis, male 1, 2, original club-dot sailer, Neptis melicerta 3, 4, and smoky orange tip, Colotis euippe omphale 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O
Western glider and gaudy commodore butterflyWestern glider, Cymothoe althea, Nymphalis althea, under side 1, upper side 2, and gaudy commodore, Precis octavia Vanessa amestris 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O
Yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis (Greater flying phalanger, Didelphis petaurus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward
Morane-Saulnier MS. 501 Criquet F-BDOSMorane-Saulnier MS.501 Criquet F-BDOS (msn 695), in use as a glider tug at an aero-club in France. (The MS.502 was a Post-war, French produced / developed version of the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch)
Issoire D.7 Iris EJW Glider
Glaser-Dirks DG-100 699, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982
Grob Astir CS77 378, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982
Glaser-Dirks DG-200 25, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982
Schleicher ASW19 464, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982
Schleicher ASW20 170, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982
Schleicher Condor IV D-5000, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982
Schleicher ASW15 105, in the glider parking / preparation area of a gliding competition at Lasham Gliding Centre. Date: circa 1982
Bardin B-1 glider, designed and built by Rene Bardin, about to launch using a bungee at the Congres experimental de vol sans moteur de Vauville 1923, in France
Poncelet Castar O-BAFG (meeting no. 7 ; flying as a glider with the engine removed) ready for bungee launch at the Congres experimental de vol sans moteur de Vauville 1923
Akaflieg Darmstadt D. 9 KonsulAkaflieg Darmstadt D.9 Konsul glider preparing to bungee launch at an early Rhon glider meet. (full image of a stereo pair) Date: circa 1923-1924
NRC tailless research glider from the National Research Council in Canada (sometimes referred to as Pterodactyl VIII, referring to its lineage from Prof. Hills pre-war Pterodactyls)
Slingsby T. 21b Sedburgh FJDSlingsby T.21b Sedburgh FJD, 2-seat training glider, formerly operated by the Royal Air Force, on behalf of the Air Cadets and Combined Cadet Force. Date: circa 1980
