Gliding Collection (page 5)

Eiri-Avion PIK-20 OH-500 ER, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. (Note: The Standard Cirrus in the background, 569, is the glider I had a quarter share in, around the time this was taken)

ICA-Brasov IS-29D-2 729, owned and flown by Stu Hoy at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Caproni-Vizzola A-21 Calif 566, 2-seat Open-class high-performance sailplane, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Schleicher ASW-19B EJR (msn 19334, civil reg G-DEJR), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Rolladen-Schneider LS-4 EKV (msn 4102), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Centrair ASW-20F EDE (msn 20128, BGA 2596, civil reg G-EEDE), a licence-built Schleicher ASW 20, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Schleicher K-6E CES (msn 4220, BGA 1489), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

EoN Olympia 2 AZT (msn Eon/0/063, BGA 797), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Schleicher Ka-6CR DNY (msn 6104, BGA 2259), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Slingsby T. 59D Kestrel 19 CZR
Slingsby T.59D Kestrel 19 CZR (msn 1842, BGA 1941, civil reg G-DCZR), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Vickers-Slingsby T. 65C Sport Vega EJC
Vickers-Slingsby T.65C Sport Vega EJC (msn 1946, BGA 2714, civil reg G-DEJC), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Vickers-Slingsby T. 65C Sport Vega 398
Vickers-Slingsby T.65C Sport Vega 398, at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896), flight pioneer (b / w photo)
5998531 Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896), flight pioneer (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896), flight pioneer

New River Walk, Leamington (photo)
727535 New River Walk, Leamington (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New River Walk, Leamington)

Grouse gliding up to the Guns (litho)
1597796 Grouse gliding up to the Guns (litho) by Thorburn, Archibald (1860-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grouse gliding up to the Guns)

Sailing on ice (Colour Litho)
2777678 Sailing on ice (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sailing on ice. On Lake Mugel, near Berlin)

Southern Flying Squirrel has gliding membranes
1192371 Southern Flying Squirrel has gliding membranes by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz (1874-1927); Private Collection; (add.info)

Birdman (litho)
2812580 Birdman (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birdman. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on The World of Tomorrow)

l Ile du Lac Saint-James, 1922 (oil on canvas)
615527 l Ile du Lac Saint-James, 1922 (oil on canvas) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 54x73 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Swiss, out of copyright

Illustration of the gliding lizard - Draco Volans 1831 (colour engraving)
746728 Illustration of the gliding lizard - Draco Volans 1831 (colour engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Draco volans, or the Flying Dragon)

Hudson River Steamboat Clermont, 1858 (w / c on paper mounted on canvas)
NYH149810 Hudson River Steamboat Clermont, 1858 (w/c on paper mounted on canvas) by Witt, Richard Varick De (1800-68); 68.6x66.7 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society

The Duke of Edinburgh at Nympsfield, headquarters of the Bristol Gliding Club, where he will make his first glider flight. Gloucestershire. 15th May 1957

Cramlington Gliding Club members hauling into position a new machine, received the day before. It is the gift of Mr W L Runciman. 14th March 1938

Alvin Russell, from Shropshire, chairman of the Long Mynd Flying Club, takes to the air in his hang glider. 28th May, 1976

The RAF gave Michael Browely a special sixteenth birthday present - his first solo flight in a glider in August 1971. For about 10 minutes Michael piloted the glider above RAF Ouston, Northumberland

The ladies from the Womens Institute wait for their turn to take to the skies in a glider in July 1983 and lead the WI movement into a new era of adventure

5000 holidaymakers at Selsey, Sussex, watched 15 men and two win a £1, 000 prize
5000 holidaymakers at Selsey, Sussex, watched 15 men and two win a £ 1, 000 prize. The " birdmen" had to take off from the top of a 30ft tower at the Selsey lifeboat station

Left to Right. Col Sir John Hunt (of Everest Fame), Mr. Alan Derek Piggott (Holder of United Kingdom height record of 23, 200 Ft, which equals the height reached by Col Hunt on Everest)

Schleicher Ka-7 8116, at the Lasham Gliding Centre. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW19 EJR, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schempp-Hirth Ventus ELG, at the grid of a gliding competition in the UK. Waiting for a launch before the competition aircraft launch. Date: circa 1982

Glaser-Dirks DG-100 699, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Glasflugel 304 Mosquito b 725, parked at the lasham Gliding Centre Date: circa 1982

Slingsby Skylark 3 AXL, at the grid of a gliding competition in the UK. Waiting for a launch before the competition starts. Date: circa 1982

Grob Astir CS77 378, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 25, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Rolladen-Schneider LS-3 EFS, at the London Gliding Club, on Dunstable Downs. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW20 EBX, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW20 DTQ, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 DTM, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW17 26, on the grid at a gliding competition in the UK. This aircraft, owned by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA)

Schleicher ASW19 ELA at the London Gliding Club, on Dunstable Downs. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW19 464, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW20 170, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW19B 712 at the London Gliding Club, on Dunstable Downs, with DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOTR, outside the award-winning clubhouse / hangar. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW20L 8. at the London Gliding Club, on Dunstable Downs. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher Condor IV D-5000, in the glider parking / preparation area at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

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