On 20/11/2014, at 9:59 AM, Dion Weston wrote:
Does anyone on this list know whether any of the following gliders
were ever operational in Australia and if so who I might contact to
obtain specific details about them?
T.43 Skylark 3B
T.43 Skylark 3F
Slingsby T.53B
From the book 'British Gliders & Sailplanes 1922 - 1970' by Norman
Ellison lists:
3 view plus general description at -
T.43 pages 211-212 including specific changes to the A to G
sub-designations
T.53B pages 222 to 223 including specific changes to A to E
sub-designations
pages 254 to 271 known built exemplars to Australia including
T.12 cn 293A VH-GHL Gull1
T.31 sn 952 VH-GDW
T.35 VH-GFX
T.41 sn 964 VH-GFG, sn 1010 VH-GDO Skylark 2
T.50 sn 1382 VH-GTB Skylark 4
T.51 VH-GTQ, VH-GLT Dart 15 & 17
T.53B sn 1686 VH-GUB
HP-14C VH-GTX, VH-GTY, VH-GUA, VH- GUJ, VH-GUC
This list is of course now out of date, with vintage enthusiasts known
to have brought in a variety of overseas airframes in recent years
including T.21 at Tocumwal.
No known T.43 in Australia
T.53B believed to be with Australian Gliding Museum, Bacchus Marsh.
Information culled from the Ferries McDonald Library at Monarto, South
Australia
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