Slingsby Week 2017 - YGC

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A typically good turn out of vintage gliders this year at the Yorkshire Gliding Club, with some good soaring conditions so far.

If you're passing by, the event runs until the weekend. 10am is a good time to show up, and the vintage crowd seem very welcoming of aeromodellers.

Here are some photos to give a flavour - if you'd like more detail I have more shots of most so please just shout. The light wasn't great I'm afraid so the flying shots turned out rather dull. Never mind.

First up - not one, not three, but TWO Slingsby Sky's...

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Dart

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Meise

(wearing a controversial Swastika that prompted quite a debate).

Ethics aside, it was absolutely showroom-immaculate, the canopy frame in particular being a work of art. Apparently this aircraft was "acquired" by Eric Winkle Brown after the war.

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One for the V-tail fanciers, an SB5b.

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Sedbergh (a local from the YGC).

It came in to land at a brisk walking pace.

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Ashamed to say - dunno this one!

When I like the look of an unknown glider, I rush home and feverishly look it up in one of Martin Simons' fab books.

I have not looked up this glider.

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Capstan - there were TWO! The maroon and cream one glistening in fresh paint.

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Elliots Oly???

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Sport Vega (fixed main and tail wheel, simpler flap/airbrake)

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And some general shots...