Slingsby T45 Swallow vintage glider circuit gliding / sailplane pilots view

The Slingsby Swallow is a single seater glider of wood and fabric construction produced from ( I think ) 1959 and also supplied in kit form for home construction. This aircraft was built in 1963 and owned for many years by RAF gliding clubs.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Gliding
• gliders
• aircraft
• flying
• vintage
• aviation
• RAF
• winch
• launch
• FlipShare

[smoothlennie]

Thanks for showing this! It was the first single seater I flew in 1977 at the Bath & Wiltshire GC, then at Keevil airfield in Wiltshire.

[peterwilkinson121]

@smoothlennie Hi, Glad it brought back fond memories. Are you still gliding?

[zip187]

nice glider i have one model of this that im converting to rc i also fly other gliders like a k13 and AS k21 where do u fly ????

[peterwilkinson121]

@zip187 Thanks, its a great glider to fly and I've had some nice long flights in it ( tho' this one was a bit short! I also fly the club K13 or 21 when training, at East Sussex Gliding Club ( please take a look at our web site). Good luck with the RC conversion.

Regards, Pete

[peterwilkinson121]

Thanks, I hope I have a better soaring season this year so I can get some more video on for you.

Regards, Pete

[smoothlennie]

@peterwilkinson121

Hi Peter. Yes, still gliding - instructing mostly now, all aerotow at the Canberra Club, pity that. I used to fly at Southdown GC and I note you are probably at Ringmer!

[buellsteven]

nice,your Slingsby is becomme more and more a classic.Meaby you can post also a external vieuw movie?...