Name: SLINGSBY SAILPLANES: A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF ALL DESIGNS
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SLINGSBY SAILPLANES: A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF ALL DESIGNS

by Martin Simons

Published by Airlife. 1st. 1996

Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. This book describes Slingsby sailplanes and gliders from the British Falcon of 1931 to the last motorless aircraft produced, the Vega. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams.

Tiny lower corner crease to a few pages. Contents clean. Price-cut grey pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and lightly creased.

ISBN: 1853107328
Stock no. 1826748

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Introduction
Scarborough 1931-34 - Types 1 & 2, the British Falcon; Type 3, Primary Glider (Dagling); Type 4. the Falcon 3; Type 5, the Grunau Baby 2; Hjordis
Kirbymoorside 1934-1939 - Types 6 and 23, Kirby Kite; Type 7, Kirby Kadet (Cadet TX Mk 1); Type 8, Kirby Tutor and Motor Tutor; Type 9, King Kite; Types 12 & 15, Kirby Gull; Type 13, Petrel; Type 14, Gull 2
Second World War 1939-45 - Type 18, Hengist; Type 20; Type 21, Sedbergh
Post-war - Type 24, TX. 8/45 Falcon 4; Type 25, Gull 4; Type 26, Kite 2; Type 30, Prefect; Type 31, Tandem Tutor (TX Mk. 3 Cadet) and T-35 Austral; Type 34, Sky
The Laminar Boundary Layer - Type 37, Skylark 1; Type 38, Grasshopper; Type 41, Skylark 2; Type 42, Eagle and T-55 Regal; Type 43, Skylark 3; Type 45, Swallow; Type 49, Capstan; Type 50, Skylark 4
Wood, Metal or Glass? 1965-69 - Type 51, Dart 15 & 17 R; Type 53, Phoenix; Slingsby Schreder HP-14
Vickers Slingsby - Type 59, Kestrel; Type 65, Vega
The End of Sailplane Production
References