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05-01-2020, 01:16 PM | #1 |
Gaw' Blimey Limey
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Aviator...some gliding stuff
Recently we briefly discussed gliding, and I mentioned my qualifying solo at age 16.
Well, I was just going through one of the boxes of stuff from my previous lives and came across these items: So I looked around on YouTube and found the two following clips The first was made at RAF Hawkinge in 1956 a year before I took my course at RAF Kenley in 1957. The first half shows the kid and instructor in the Mark V (maker not known), which at our school, came later in the program. This is the same craft as the one in which I solo'd. Some of the cadets standing around would have been part of the retrieval crews, the others waiting to fly. The latter half of the clip shows a Slingsby Sedbergh T21 with instructor in the right seat and student in the left. This was the craft in which we had our initial flight experiences. I cannot remember the number of launches in this craft, possibly 7 or 8 - but in those flights we learned the procedures to correct stalling and spinning (or was it spiraling?). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvRq2UpaEmc <iframe width="624" height="380" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vvRq2UpaEmc" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> The second clip is just that of a demo flight of the Sedbergh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y19dxd82XCg <iframe width="878" height="494" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y19dxd82XCg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> In all these instances launches were by way of winch. This has to have been the absolute highlight of my teenage years. Alas I never flew in gliders again except once a decade or so ago as a passenger on a paid flight when I bought Kim a flight as a b/d present. This time in a much more modern craft, but still a thrill.
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05-01-2020, 01:21 PM | #2 |
unum de multis
Join Date: Mar 2006
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That is sooo cool! Thanks for sharing that memory.
I've never been in a glider...I'm not built for them at 6'4"
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05-01-2020, 05:22 PM | #3 |
unum de multis
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I guess just like our pilots licenses, it doesn't have an expiration date, so you're good to go at it again old chap!
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05-01-2020, 06:01 PM | #4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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I got to go up in a glider when I was in Germany back in the 80's...It was a winch launch that was a rush in itself. Only time though.
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05-07-2020, 12:14 PM | #5 |
Pontificator Maximus
Join Date: May 2006
Location: between the hills
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Always wanted to get a glider rating add on to my commercial certificate but never got around to it. Great training for when the engine goes TU.
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05-07-2020, 12:48 PM | #6 | |
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