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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 1544.PDF
308 FLIGHT 8 September, 1949 Elliott Primary Eon Britain's Aircraft GLIDERS AND SAILPLANE S HPHE principal types of British glidersA and high-performance sailplanes— products of Elliotts of Newbury andSlingsby Sailplanes, Ltd.—are depicted here. It will be gathered that these meet awide range of requirements in the training and sporting categories. Outstanding isthe Slingsby Gull IV, a high-performance post-war design which, according toexperienced pilots, is 10 per cent, better all round than the internationally famousOlympia. Various tailless research gliders are on test (see page 300) but there is nonews of any military transport glider. Slingsby Cadet
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