Gliders need trailers! While some of the airworthy examples in our fleet live “rigged” in a hangar (currently in shared hangarage at the Bristol & Gloucester Gliding Club) the rest of the fleet has to live in suitable trailers. Even the airworthy gliders (unlike powered aircraft) need to be readily road transportable, either so we […]
In the era of the wooden gliders, the schools were usually equipped with a variety of vehicles that were surplus to front line RAF use. In the 1970’s and 1980’s this was usually the Land Rover Series lla or lll, Truck, Utility, ½ ton ( commonly called a Lightweight or “Air Portable” Landrover ). Currently on loan […]
Recently gifted to the ACHF from the RAF Museum Collection (where it had been in storage for many years) we now have an additional example of the (lovely to fly) single seat Prefect T30. We believe WE 982 was with 621 at locking in 1954 (according to the RAF movement card). This is one of […]
Recently acquired by one of our generous members a new addition to the ACHF fleet is this T8 Tutor, currently flying under BGA Trigraph BBG. We believe this glider started life as a military Cadet MK1 ( to be confirmed) and was then converted to a Cadet MK2 (VW535) by the addition of the later […]
In 1948, Slingsby Sailplanes developed the 1932 Grunau Baby, which it had built under licence before World War II, into the Slingsby T.30 Prefect, an intermediate-level semi-aerobatic glider suitable for civil or military use. The Prefect was sold both on the civil market, including the RAF Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA), and to the Air […]
The T31 was originally developed by Slingsby as a cheaper alternative to the T21, and designated the Cadet TX Mk.3 became the backbone of the Air Cadet wooden glider fleet. Not as popular as the T21 in civilian clubs (only about a dozen were in regular use in UK clubs), the T31 was not well […]
The Sedbergh TX Mk.1 is more affectionally known as “The Barge” (many civilian versions had individual names such as “Daisy”, “Buttercup” or even “Lady Godiva”). The T21B (its civilian designation) must rank as one of the best and most loved of Slingsby’s gliders. This two seat, side by side trainer is robust and delightful to […]
The development of the Cadet TX Mk.1 to TX M.2 led to a surplus of Cadet TX Mk1 wings, Slingsby designed a primary glider fuselage to fit these and designated it the Slingsby Grasshopper TX Mk.1 it entered Air Cadet service and was generally used by the CCF sections at Public Schools. Originally designed to […]
John and myself were at Biscester on Friday. We moved some of the aircraft Dave has and will be working on around and assisted in rigged a Ventus 2c, very nice aircraft, in order to make space in the workshop for a Sedbergh wing. You don’t appreciate just how large they are when it’s rigged, […]
We’ve been able to fly the last two Fridays! Not sure the tempreature last Friday got much above freezing, but good views and smooth flying conditions made it worth while. With limited people and the Sedbergh wedged in the hanger a little we flew only the prefect until the snow started. Again this Friday?
