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Slingsby Sailplanes (Hardcover)

by Martin Simons (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd (Mar 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853107328
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853107320
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,132,378 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Synopsis
This work describes every Slingsby sailplane and glider from the British Falcon of 1931 to the last motorless aircraft produced - the Vega. Each type is illustrated with a full-page three-view drawing, with photographs and text outlining the background to the design. The drawings are based on the original workshop plans. Slingsby was for 40 years the main, and for most of the time only, producer of gliders and sailplanes in Britain. The company was one of the first to use glass-fibre reinforced plastics in production aircraft as early as 1953 and carbon-fibre composite materials for main structural members.

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The book is of interest to historians of aviation, glider pilots and those who build and fly radio controlled model sailplanes.

Until this book was published there was no readily available source of information or accurate scale drawings of the many different types of glider and sailplanes produced by Slingsby, the well known firm based in Yorkshire. The whole range from the Type 1 'British Falcon' to the last sailplane produced, the Type 65 'Vega', is covered. Each is illustrated with a highly accurate scale drawing, based on workshop plans. There are many photographs, technical details and a text explaining the main features of each design, its successes and/or failures, and production numbers.

The general background to the foundation of the company in 1931 in Scarborough, its move to Kirby Moorside prior to the outbreak of World War 2, the wartime work, and finally the reasons why Slingsbys gave up glider production after 1982 are outlined.

The author, an active sailplane pilot and modeller, has flown many of the types described here.

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