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    The Slingsby T.21 is an open-cockpit, side-by-side two-seat glider, built by Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd and first flown in 1944. It was widely used by the...
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  • Slingsby T.18 Hengist – military glider 1942 Slingsby T.19 (target glider) Slingsby T.20 Slingsby T.21 (Sedbergh TX.1) Slingsby T.23 Kite 1A Slingsby...
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    The Slingsby T.53 was the first all-metal sailplane designed and built in the United Kingdom. It was designed and built by Slingsby Sailplanes for evaluation...
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  • T21 (redirect from T.21)
    T21 may refer to: Junkers T.21, a German reconnaissance aircraft produced in the Soviet Union Slingsby T.21, a British training glider Minami-morimachi...
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    The Slingsby T.59 Kestrel is a British Open class glider which first flew in August 1970. Of fibreglass construction, it features camber-changing flaps...
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    owns one Schleicher ASK 13, one Schleicher ASK 21, 2 K 8s, 2 Grob Astir, one DG-505 and a Slingsby T.21. The club uses the hangar in the northern side...
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    portal Listed buildings in Sedbergh Sedbergh School Settlebeck School Slingsby T.21, glider known in RAF service as the Sedbergh UK Census (2011). "Local...
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    Graft-Hayford, with gliders such as the double-seated Schleicher K7, Slingsby T.21 and a Bergfalke, along with a single-seated Schleicher K 8. She gained...
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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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    last Slingsby sailplane to be mostly constructed of wood. The Slingsby Dart was the last of a long line of gliders and sailplanes built by Slingsby Sailplanes...
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  • The Slingsby T.20 was a British glider designed and built by Slingsby that first flew in 1944. The Type 20 was probably the least well known Slingsby product...
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    The Slingsby T.12 Gull was a British single-seat glider designed and built by Slingsby Sailplanes and first flown in 1938. In the late 1930s the gliding...
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    Sopwith Camel (redirect from Slingsby T.57)
    Replica – Type T.57 on static display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton near Yeovil, Somerset. It was built in 1969 Slingsby for use in a Biggles...
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    The Slingsby T.4 Falcon 3 was a two-seat training glider produced from 1935, by Fred Slingsby in Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire. Espin Hardwick persuaded Fred...
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    The Slingsby Type 42 Eagle was a two-seat glider designed in England from 1952. After the end of WWII the British Gliding Association (BGA) recognised...
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    equipment. No. 631 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF, initially operating the Slingsby T.21 "Sedbergh" glider and then, more recently, flying the Viking TMk1 conventional...
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    Gliding & Soaring Association was founded in 1949. The first aircraft, a Slingsby T.21 and a Prefect, were bought in March 1950 and stationed at RAF Detling...
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    The T.31 Tandem Tutor is a British military training glider, designed and built by Slingsby and used in large numbers by the Air Training Corps between...
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    The Slingsby T.6/T.23 Kirby Kite was a single-seat sport glider produced from 1935, by Fred Slingsby in Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire. During the early 1930s...
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    The Slingsby T.24 Falcon 4 was a two-seat training glider designed in the UK just after World War II for ATC use. It was judged too expensive for production...
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    also played host to the Dorset Gliding Club from October 1981, using Slingsby T.21 gliders and an ex-MOD mobile hangar, before moving to Eyres Field in...
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    The Slingsby T.49 Capstan is a British two-seat glider of the 1960s built by Slingsby Sailplanes as a replacement for their earlier Type 42 Eagle. The...
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    utilising the Cadet TX.1, TX.2 and TX.3 (see Slingsby Kirby Cadet) and the Sedbergh TX.1 (see Slingsby T.21). In 1951, the RAF relinquished control of the...
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  • cross country or aerobatic training and gliding competition entry. Slingsby T.21 1 WJ306 Vintage aircraft, primarily used for flight experiences for...
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  • 'Fred' Nicholas Slingsby MM (6 November 1894 – 21 May 1973) was the founder of Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd (later Slingsby Aviation). Slingsby was born on 6...
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    the Slingsby T-3A Firefly for the flight-screening role, and for aerobatic training, which was outside the design capabilities of the T-41. The T-3A fleet...
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  • helicopters. Schleicher ASK 13 2 x Schleicher ASK 21 Centrair C101 Pegase Schleicher ASW 19 Slingsby T.21 Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus SF-25E Super Falke Robin...
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    Detling teaching civilian instructors for the Air Training Corps on Slingsby T.21 and Slingsby Kirby Cadet gliders. As Chief Flying Instructor he introduced...
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    fleet of gliders (Schleicher ASK 13, two Schleicher ASK 21, Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus, Slingsby T.21, SZD-51 Junior, Centrair Pegase, Schleicher ASW 19, Scheibe...
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    Schweizer SGS 1-23 Schweizer SGU 2-22 Slingsby T.21 RAF Sedbergh T.X. Mk. 1 Slingsby Tandem Tutor RAF Kirby Cadet T.X. Mk. 3 Scanlan SG-1A Schleicher ASW...
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