The Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 is a British glider designed and built by Slingsby that first flew in 1947. After the Second World War Slingsby wished to produce...
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Kite 1A Slingsby T.24 Falcon 4 Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 Slingsby T.26 Kite 2 Slingsby T.29A/B Motor Tutor Slingsby T.30 Prefect Slingsby T.31 Tandem Tutor...
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2 lb/ft2), compared, for example, with the Slingsby T.25 Gull 4, a contemporary glider with a wing loading of 22.3 kg/m2 (4.6 lb/ft2). Higher wing loadings provide...
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single seat Slingsby Sky resulted from Slingsby's experience at the 1948 International Gliding Contests, where they flew their 15 m span Gull IV. This convinced...
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S-76 Sipa S.903 Slingsby Capstan Slingsby Kirby Cadet Slingsby Motor Tutor Slingsby Prefect Slingsby Swallow Slingsby T.21 Slingsby T.31 Socata Diplomate...
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List of gliders (S) (section Slingsby)
Slingsby T.20 Slingsby T.21 Slingsby T.22 Petrel 2 Slingsby T.23 Kirby Kite 1A Slingsby T.23A Slingsby T.24 Falcon 4 Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 Slingsby T.26...
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altitude record for a glider of 23,500 feet (7,160 m) after he flew a Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 into a cloud and it was caught in an updraft 1951 Patrick Gordon...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Letov LF-107 Luňák Scheibe Spatz Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 Related lists List of gliders Taylor, J. H. (ed) (1989) Jane's Encyclopedia...
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shortcoming Fred Slingsby modified the Grunau Baby design with longer gulled wings and rounded fuselage formers skinned with plywood, resulting in the T.6 Kirby...
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Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 - Primary Glider Slingsby T.45 Swallow - Single-seat Glider Slingsby T.53B Slingsby Venture T.2 - Two-seat self launching motor glider...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Detroit G1 Gull Jongblood Primary Schweizer SGP 1-1 Slingsby Grasshopper Stamer Lippisch SG-38 Zögling Related...
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performance. The result of their efforts, the Slingsby Type 9 King Kite, emerged as a cantilevered gull wing sailplane with wooden structure covered by...
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National Museum of Flight (section Hangar 4: Concorde)
including a 1910 33 hp Wright engine donated by Orville Wright. In 1968 a Slingsby Gull sailplane was acquired. In 1971 the museum was given a Supermarine Spitfire...
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development Elliotts Primary EoN G 101 Slingsby Grasshopper Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Detroit G1 Gull Harakka Jongblood Primary Schweizer...
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List of Air Ministry specifications (redirect from T.4/39)
ISBN 0-85177-819-4. Butler, Phil (Spring 2011). "Post-1950 Aircraft Specifications". Air-Britain Aeromilitaria. Vol. 37. pp. 24–25. ISSN 0262-8791. Butler...
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List of civil aircraft (section Slingsby)
2 two-seat light sport aircraft Sling Aircraft Sling 4 four-seat light sport aircraft Slingsby T-67 Firefly two-seat basic trainer SNCAC NC.700 Martinet...
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Laser family of dinghies, which also includes the Laser Radial and Laser 4.7, both of which use the same hull, but have smaller rigs. https://site-isaf...
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Forces - Historical Listings Netherlands (NET)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2020. Thornburg, Chris (3 December 2006)...
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Royal Aero Club, except where noted. Alex Henshaw, The Flight of the Mew Gull, Murray, 1980. p.95 Flight magazine, July 1930 "Winners | British Air Racing...
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son of Philip Wills, founded the Vintage Glider Club in 1973. He died on 4 May 2011 but left a bequest of £100,000 to build a hangar to house vintage...
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Aircraft GAL-41 (1), Hawker Sea Fury (10), Miles Mercury (6), Percival Vega Gull (~20), Supermarine Spiteful fighter (19) includes: CCF Maple Leaf Trainer...
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carrier based fighter Two operated from USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Ranger (CV-4). The first Meteor F.1 prototype was used for deck handling trials aboard...
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(56 ft) 25 43:1 97 km/h (60 mph; 52 kn) 0.55 m/s (1.1 kn) 250 km/h (160 mph; 130 kn) 260 kg (570 lb) 400 kg (880 lb) 129 Kirby Gull Slingsby 1938 1 15...
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postwar designs such as the Italian CVV-6 Canguro and the British Slingsby Gull 4 and Sky. The Arsenal 100 was also Weihe based, with the intention of...
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with the 2008 summer games regatta in Qingdao, China. Laser (dinghy) Laser 4.7 Men's Laser Radial World Championships Women's Laser Radial World Championships...
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with foreign contemporaries such as the DFS Weihe and its derivative the Slingsby T.34 Sky. Tests were satisfactory and the prototype (markings SP-443) was...
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