Slingsby T.21b Flight, London Gliding Club
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2014
- Flight in WB924, locally known as Speedbird 924 from the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Winch Circuit and landing, flown by Mike Biggs and Stefan Astley. Flights readily available on request when she's out, rigging help appreciated and the only fee is the launch! Filmed using a Drift HD Ghost, mounted on the port strut.
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Beautiful landing!
Great camera angle
Fantastic film! First class...
In the early 60’s I flew in these wonderful gliders in Weston-super-Mare. Memories thankyou for posting
I had the most amazing fun in an Edmund Schneider ES 49 .It was all wood and rag ,and it would sing its airspeed to you so that you didn’t need to check your ASI. Its glide ratio was about 20:1 but on one day I caught a thermal that took me to 10,000 ft. From 500 ft in 4 minutes.
In the years that followed, even in the most advanced sailplanes that I flew ,I never had that same experience.
I recall a story of incredible experience in a T21 that a cadet and an instructor had when tackling a modest task back in the 50’s. at an English Club. Those older machines really needed to be flown and the achievements they provided for young pilots is priceless. Cheers from Downunder
Many happy weekends at Dunstable about 1965 flying in Buterfly and Dragonfly, their two T21’s
Sure reminds me of my youth....very nostalgic!!!!
I flew in one either at nympsfield or Aston down, loved it, with my scarf trailing out behind me
All gliders don't need to be in the 50: 1 glide ratio category to enjoy the thrill of soaring .
I got my ATC gliding proficiancy at 645 vgs at RAF Catterick Nt. Yorkshire , thanks to all the other staff cadets and the instructors great days .
im gliding with the ATC next week!
Gentlemens aerial carriage nice landing.
Wonderful. I remember flying bluebell from Gransden one sunny afternoon.
Check the distance between wing and fuselage- looks to be moving
In older gliders doing aerobatics we used to say “termites hold hands”!
Did my 1st solo in one of these. Also managed to land one on Connel beach...
Can land them almost anywhere Jim, it's about keeping them up that's the challenge!
a wide open cockpit. must be quite a thrill
Wonder what happened to the 'Barge' at Aquila?
Ever have problems with traffic between sailplanes and paragliders? Torrey Pines in CA used to have sailplanes, hang gliders, and paragliders all flying together. For safety they outlawed sailplanes from flying there except for a winter sailplane meet.
Not at all, we have a great relationship with the Hangliding and Paragliding club fortunately! t's in both our interests to coexist and to do so safely of course and the mutual understanding of each others craft makes it no risker than flying with two of the same type I'd say. The gliding club is fortunate enough to be the landowner of our site, and we are also situated in controlled airspace and have a letter of agreement to operate. The P/HGC is reliant on our operation being there to operate themselves to a certain extent. The conditions at Dunstable are more favourable for us (in terms of wind direction and strength) too, at about a ratio of 3:1 I'd say. When it's too busy and conditions are perfect for the H/PG's, we just avoid the ridge and they avoid overflying our takeoff or landing paths. Sorry to hear about Torrey Pines, it's a shame other sites aren't able to coexist in the same way!
@@stefanastley1115 I was an occasional visitor, up from brighton when the wind dictated, with my trusty hang glider.This was back in the ninetees, the hospitality of your club was greatly appreciated. On my part, I helped a charming bloke derig, and pack away a lovley macine, it might have been an Olympia.
Thank you.
T21?
Is that Andrew Perkins in the left seat ?
no, 'tis me!