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 […]
Having limited types of gliders in use enabled use of some specialised equipment by the Volunteer Gliding Squadrons. Here you can see a tailor-made retrieve trolley which allowed for easy retreive of a Cadet Mk3 back to the launchpoint after landing – much more efficient than the normal tow-rope which required a walker at the […]
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 ). For most 16 year old Staff Cadets […]
The Historic Flight winch, known as ‘The Babe’ winch, is a rare Wild Winch (originally used for barrage balloons) and Hullavington was the home of the RAF’s last Balloon unit. This winch is a Wild Mark 4, originally modified by 4 MU Ruislip and acquired from GSA Halton courtesy of 10 Regiment, Aldershot. Examining an […]
