Gliders Collection

Gliders ready for Operation Market Garden Second World War
Photograph showing gliders and men of the Allied Airborne Army, on an airfield somewhere in Britain, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan

Slingsby T. 31 Tandem Tutors and T. 21b Sedburghs
Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutors and T.21b Sedburghs, 2-seat training gliders, operated by the Royal Air Force, on behalf of the Air Cadets and Combined Cadet Force. Date: circa 1980

Lilienthal No 11 Glider
Otto Lilienthal Taking-Off in His Normal Segelapparat Number 11 Gleitflug, at His Fliegeburg in Lichterfelde, Germany Date: 1895

D-Day - Glider reinforcement team
A 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 Meeting
Poster for a German gliding meeting

Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World W
Illustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing 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

Air Scouts learning to glide
Two 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

World War II transport planes & gliders ready England
Vintage World War II photograph - transport planes and gliders ready for takeoff in England, for landings in the Netherlands

Maxim-Dunne glider
The Maxim-Dunne glider at Crystal Palace 1904 Date: 1904

Apprentice Hotpot
A group of hungry apprentices get ready to tuck into a hotpot at a aeronautical school. Date: 1930s

Laister-Kauffman TG-4A NC46324
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A, (LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2 ), NC46324 awaiting launch at a gliding club in the US. After brief use by the United States Army Air Force (USaF) during the war

Canadian registered light aircraft and gliders
A 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

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)

The Silent Wings Memorial, Den Dungen, Holland
This highly original Memorial was designed by local teacher Jos Korsten who is standing beside it. It tells the story of the gliders which landed in the middle of enemy territory in September 1944

View of Pegasus Bridge, Gondree Caf & gun pit
This 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

RRG Prufling gliders preparing to bungee launch. (full image of the stereo pair) Date: circa 1928

General Airborne XCG-16A 44-76193 at Clinton County Field, Wilmington, OH.. Designed by Hawley Bowlus and Albert Criz, the sole General Airborne Transport Co

General Aircraft GAL-56 / 01
General Aircraft Gal-56/01 Glider Parked in the Static-Display at the 1947 Sbac Radlett Airshow As Flown by Test-Pilot Captain Eric Melrose Winkle Brown, Cbe, Dsc, Afc, Fraes

Otto Lilienthal Pioneer Glider Pilot Portrait 1848-1896 Date: 1895

Flt Lt W. Murray, left, and John S. Sproule after their?
Flt Lt W. Murray, left, and John S. Sproule after their world record duration flight (for two-seat gliders) at Dunstable, Beds, of 22hrs 13mins in 1938. Date: 1938

The Epic of Arnhem, WW2
The Epic of Arnhem, where the First Airborne Division saw action during the Second World War. Showing how the newcomers at Arnhem were welcomed as they landed by parachute. Date: 1944

Paper glider
Boys in a school throw a paper glider (given away free with The Modern Boy magazine) out of a window, much to the excitement of everyone. This is what life was like before video games. Date: 1932

Triplane Glider 1922
At a gliding contest near Clermont Ferrand, France, aviator Sardier is towed into the air in his Clement triplane Date: 1922

De Sandervals Prototype Glider Date: 1870s

Effects of wind on De Sandervals Glider - gliding in the wind, and gliding in the calm air. Date: 1870s

General Aircraft Hotspur -more than 1, 000 of these troop carrying gliders were built, with the type becoming the standard British training glider

Two gliders in a field. Date: 20th century

Troop-carrying gliders by G. H. Davis
Winged invaders of Crete: details of troop-carrying gliders during the Second World War. German gliders and the JU52 Sky Tug; landing technique. Date: 1941

Airborne troops landing in Caen
British Horsa gliders and parachutes near Caen after allied airborne landings. The detachable fuselages have been removed from the wings. Date: June 1944

Giant German Glider
A group of men admire a giant glider plane in Germany. Date: early 1930s

Turkish Military parade - Holding gliders Date: circa 1935

Glider invasions of Britain by G. H. Davis
Official warning about the possibility of glider invasions of Britain, an Air Ministry warning poster during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Gliding Lesson
A gliding instructor gives his final instructions to his pupil before his first take- off. Date: 1930s

Boys Helping Glider
A group of boys with ropes, attempting to guide a glider plane down to a safe landing. Date: 1930s

Glider before Flight
A young glider wearing a crash helmet, seen just before take- off. Date: 1930s

Scouts with Elliotts Primary EoN Glider
One Scout of the 18th Walsall Group sits at the cockpit of a Elliotts Primary EoN Glider, demonstrating how to fly it, while two other scouts sit on the ground watching. 1940s

Air Scouts preparing a glider
Two Air Scouts lift and place the canopy on a glider with another Scout already in the cockpit. 1958

Air Scouts taking off in glider
A Slingsby T.21 Glider taking off with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Scout glider in flight
Slingsby T.21 Glider flying with Air Scouts at the controls at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Air Scout in glider
An Air Scout sits smiling in the cockpit of a glider at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Scouts and Guide with a glider
Two Air Scouts and a Girl Guide sitting in the cockpit of a Slingsby T.21 glider at Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

Scout operating winch for gliders
A Senior Scout at the controls of a winch used for launching gliders at the Lasham Gliding Centre. 1960s

An experimental Glider

August Gliding

Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944
British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway

The Long and the Short of it
Disconcerting effect generated by two thoughtless gliders gliding in the peak district. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Allied Airborne Gliders after landing in Holland; Second Wor
Aerial photograph showing gliders of the Allied Airborne Army after they had landed on Holland, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised

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