Gliding Collection

German Glider Meeting
Poster for a German gliding meeting

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training

Sugar Glider
A Sugar Glider (or Flying Sugar), a small gliding possum, native to eastern and northern mainland Australia. Date: 1960s

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

Lilienthal gliding from an artificial hill on 29 June 1895

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

Slingsby Type 21B Sedbergh at the gliding championships at Great Hucklow, Derbyshire. July 1954. Date: 1954

Slingsby Cadet TX.3 WT868
Royal Air Force - Slingsby T.31 Cadet TX.3 WT868 (msn 678), of 623 Volunteer Gliding School, at White Waltham on 17 April 1960 Date: 1960

Slingsby T.31 Cadet TX.3 XN250
Air Training Corps - Slingsby T.31 Cadet TX.3 XN250 (msn 1189, to BGA4746), of 626 Volunteer Gliding School at RAF Henlow on 11 April 1960. (Company name - Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutor) Date: 1960

Slingsby T.31 Cadet TX.3 WT910
Air Training Corps - Slingsby T.31 Cadet TX.3 WT910 (msn 705, to BGA3953/HHG), of 626 Volunteer Gliding School at RAF Henlow on 11 April 1960. (Company name - Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutor) Date: 1960

Slingsby T.21b Sedbergh TX.1 XN148
Air Training Corps - Slingsby T.21b Sedbergh TX.1 XN148 (msn 1152, to BGA3287), of 623 Volunteer Gliding School at White Waltham on 17 April 1960. Date: 1960

Slingsby T.21b Sedbergh TX.1 VX275 'Venture'
Air Training Corps - Slingsby T.21b Sedbergh TX.1 VX275 'Venture' (msn 539, to 8884M, to BGA572/AQG), of 623 Volunteer Gliding School at White Waltham on 17 April 1960

Slingsby T.21b Sedbergh TX.1 WB978
Air Training Corps - Slingsby T.21b Sedbergh TX.1 WB978 (msn 645/MHL005), of 624 Volunteer Gliding School at RAF Henlow on 11 April 1960 Date: 1960

Redhill Flying Club - Surrey Gliding Club - Redhill Flying Club. Date: 1945

Gliding Clubs - Derbyshire, London, Midland & Yorkshire - Gliding Clubs. Date: 1937

Laister-Kauffman TG-4A NC46324
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A, (LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2 ), NC46324 awaiting launch at a gliding club in the US

Slingsby T. 59D Kestrel 19 CZR
Slingsby T.59D Kestrel 19 CZR (msn 1842, BGA 1941, civil reg G-DCZR), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

SZD Jantar 2 Standard 94, just about to launch from the grid at a UK gliding competition. Date: circa 1982

Glasflugel 304 Mosquito b 725, parked at the lasham Gliding Centre Date: circa 1982

Let L-13 Blanik R14, 2-seat training glider of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA). Date: 1980s

SZD-48 Jantar Standard 2 732, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

SZD-38 Jantar 1 70, single-seat Standard-class high-performance sailplane, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Scheibe SF-27M G-BCBN, single-seat medium-performance motor-sailplane with retractable engine, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Date: circa 1980

Schempp-Hirth Minimoa BGA338 under repair With Slingsby Sailplanes at Kirbymoorside in 1943.After being impressed into the Royal Air Force BGA338 was flown briefly by the ATC at 123 Elelmentary

A de Havilland Supermunk (G-AOSU) glider tug of the RAFGSA
A de Havilland Supermunk (G-AOSU) glider tug, of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA)

Slingsby T. 7 Kirby Cadet G-ALMX
Slingsby T.7 Kirby Cadet G-ALMX of the Handley Page Gliding Club at Radlett, with Handley Page Hastings in the background awaiting flight -test - delivery. Date: 1950s

Amy Johnson alongside a Zogling primary glider
Amy 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

John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon and Major Baden-Powell
John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, left, and Major Baden-Powell at the Crystal Palace gliding chute, 13 June 1904. Date: 1904

Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XE800
Air 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 WT901
Air 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 XA924
Air 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

Cessna 402A OY-AGN (msn 402A0057), parked in front of the Blackpool & Fylde Gliding Club on Blackpool-Squires Gate Airport in June 1970. (crashed 8 May 1982 as SE-FZK) Date: 1970

Schempp-Hirth SHK 222, at the Yorkshire Gliding Club on Sutton Bank, for a gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Issoire E78 Silene 122 (msn 07), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Schleicher ASW15 331, at the Yorkshire Gliding Club on Sutton Bank, for a gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Elliott's of Newbury EoN Type 7 Primary, of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association at RAF Upavon. Date: circa 1960

Fauvel AV. 36 R15
Fauvel 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-AXED
Piper 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-BBMS
de 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

Fish
The influence of Western naturalism upon the Japanese tradition of calligraphic drawing is shown in this water colour and one can also trace in it the influence of Western composition

Glider Aircraft at National Gliding Contests, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, July 1938 Date: 1938

Schleicher ASW15 767 (msn 15013, BGA.1562), at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Schleicher ASW19B 464, at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

SZD-30 Pirat 526 and Schleicher Ka-8b 245
SZD-30 Pirat 526 (msn S.0145, BGA.1962), of the Royal Navay gliding and Soaring Association, with Schleicher Ka-8b 245 of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association Date: circa 1981

Slingsby T. 50 Skylark 4 BLC
Slingsby T.50 Skylark 4 BLC (msn 1331, BGA.1045), at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Date: circa 1981

Rolladen-Schneider LS1f D-2759, at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth SHK 432 (msn 39, BGA.1544), at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Date: circa 1981

EoN Olympia 419 CYX (msn EoN-4-006, BGA.1923), at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. (EoN - Elliott's of Newbury) Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth SHK 593 (msn 25, BGA.2222), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

SZD-42 Jantar 2 94, at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

SZD-41A Jantar Standard X7 (msn B.712, BGA.2122), at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 2c modified 82, owned, modified and flown by Ralph Jones, seen at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Schleicher K-6E CCU, at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s

Glasflugel 205 Club Libelle 581, at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth Ventus a 982, at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Schleicher ASW20L EHD (msn 20386, BGA.2691), at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Schleicher ASW15 105 (msn 15013, BGA.1562), at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Slingsby T. 65C Sport Vega R23
Slingsby T.65C Sport Vega R23, of the Royal air Force Gliding and Soaring Association, at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Issoire D. 7 Iris EJW
Issoire D.7 Iris EJW (BGA.2732), at RAF Greenham Common for a regional gliding competition in the late 1970s. Date: circa 1979

Schempp-Hirth Janus C R1, of the Royal air Force Gliding and Soaring Association, at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Rolladen-Schneider LS3-17 EEF (msn 3441), at RAF Greenham Common for an Inter-Services Regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Rolladen-Schneider LS4 D-2628 (msn 4001), at Lasham for a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Schleicher ASW19B EJR, at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 2 66 (msn 198), flown by John Delafield, at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 2C EHP (BGA.2701), at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D Corsair II
United States Air Force - Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D Corsair II, of the South Carolina Air National Guard during a Coronet Solo deployment at RAF Wittering in July 1978

SNCASO SO-P1 Ferblantine 01, during assembly at the SNCASO factory in Vichy France

Grob Viking T. 1 ZE655
Air Cadets - Grob Viking T.1 ZE655, of No.631 Volunteer Gliding School. Date: circa 1990

Slingsby T. 61 Venture T. 2 ZA629 9
Air Cadets - Slingsby T.61 Venture T.2 ZA629 9, of No.633 Volunteer Gliding School. Date: circa 1990

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 EDM, single-seat Open-class high-performance sailplane, at a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Schleicher ASK13 EBZ, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Rolladen-Schneider LS4 EHL (BGA No.2696), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus 671, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Slingsby T. 51 Dart 17R BSL
Slingsby T.51 Dart 17R BSL (msn 1445, BGA 1197, civil reg G-DBSL), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Eiri-Avion PIK-20B 988, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Schleicher Ka-6CR D-5509 (msn 6346, BGA No.2103), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 DQQ, single-seat Open-class high-performance sailplane, at the London Gliding Club, on Dunstable Downs, for a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Rolladen-Schneider LS3-17 EEY, (BGA No.2638), at Dunstable for a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

Schempp-Hirth SHK 446, at Lasham for a regional gliding competition. Date: circa 1981

Slingsby Skylark 3 AXL, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s, sans starboard outer wing. Date: circa 1982

SZD-32A Foka 5 235, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Schleicher ASW20 EBX (msn20058, BGA No.2565), in the glider parking - preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Glasflugel 206 Hornet 127, at Lasham for a regional gliding competition in the 1980s.. The Standard-Class Hornet was a development of the Club Libelle, introducing trailing edge airbrakes

Eiri-Avion PIK-20B 204, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1981

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