Glider Collection

Let L-13 Blanik 326 (274) of the RAFGSA in flight, Lasham, 1964

Two Slingsby T. 51 Dart gliders
Slingsby Darts (334 and 335) of the RAFGSA in flight, National Gliding Championships, Lasham, 1961

Glider Pilot Tilo Holighaus (Germany), Racing in FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix, Andes Mountains, Chile, South America - aerial

Sugar Glider - Female with young on back, Australia JPF03739
JPF-14130 Sugar Glider - Female with young on back Australia Petaurus breviceps Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Slingsby T. 51 Dart
Slingsby T.51 Dart, World Gliding Championships, South Cerney, 1965

Buran space shuttle landing
The Buran orbiter landing at the Baikonur space center

D-Day - Glider reinforcement team
A team of paratroopers amuse themselves whilst awaiting the call to take flight in their glider to back up the initial assault phase on the Normandy coast

Sugar Glider - Female with young on back - Australia JPF03728
JPF-14131 Sugar Glider - Female with young on back Australia Petaurus breviceps Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Slingsby Skylark 2
Slingsby T.41 Skylark 2 of the Army Gliding Club at National Gliding Championships, Lasham, June 1955

Mignet HM. 5 glider
Monsieur Henri Mignet with his Mignet HM.5 glider, Vauville 1923

Gliding in the Alps
Gliding at the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, 1935

Orville Wrights Test His Gilder at Kitty Hawk, NC
A photograph of Orville Wright in his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1911. On October 24, 1911 Orville tested a new glider and broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring

German Glider Meeting
Poster for a German gliding meeting

Sugar Glider - With young on back - East Coast, Australia, North-eastern coastal Australia JPF03748
JPF-14144 Sugar Glider - With young on back East Coast, Australia, North-eastern coastal Australia Petaurus breviceps Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 1, 1904. The Wrights had a much more difficult time testing their aircraft at Huffman Prairie than at Kill Devil

A glider catapulted into the air

German inventions for war in the air by G. H. Davis
The ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war in the air. Illustrating the methods and machines exploited and used by the Germans during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World W
Illustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944

Santos-Dumont Demoiselle replica 9 : A flyable replica built by Personal Plane Services Ltd at Booker, for the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Otto Lilienthal makes one of his last flights, 1896 (1956). Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings

M22 Locust tank
A M22 Locust tank partially in a General Aircraft Hamilcar glider

Vickers Light Tank Mk. VII Tetrarch
Loading a Tetrarch tank into a General Aircraft Hamilcar glider

Standard Austria glider
Schempp-Hirth Standard Austria glider (210) in flight, National Gliding Championships, Lasham, 1964

Slingsby Skylark 3B
Slingsby T.43 Skylark 3B in flight

Bonnet-Mignet glider
A pilot sat in the Bonnet-Mignet glider, Vauville 1923

1902 Wright Brothers Glider Tests
Historic photo of the Wright brothers third test glider being launched at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on October 10, 1902

British Army Airspeed Horsa Glider Force
circa 1944: Four British Army Airspeed Horsa gliders with their tails detached for unloading and a Waco Hadrian glider all safely landed in a field

Petaurus breviceps ariel, sugar glider
Petaurus breviceps ariel (Gould, 1849) sugar glider. BMNH 1842.5.26.1, female skin & skull, lectotype photographed next to specimen BMNH 1855.12.24.308 paralectotype skin

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training. AOUO was purchsed by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association in the early 1970s and converted to a Supermunk

Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1896 Date: 1896

Chanute Type Biplane Glider Hang-Glider of 1898 Flying Date: 1898

Wilbur Wright in the 1902 glider in flight. Date: 1902

Gliders and Aoraki / Mt Cook, Mackenzie Country, South Island, New Zealand

Men of the British First Airborne Division in a glider; Seco
Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division in a glider on the way to Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan

The Thomas glider with Monsieur Jean Hemmerdinger in the cockpit, Vauville 1923

Dewoitine P. 4
Dewoitine P.4 on the ground with tail trestled, Vauville 1923

Sugar Glider
A Sugar Glider (or Flying Sugar), a small gliding possum, native to eastern and northern mainland Australia. Date: 1960s

Air Scouts learning to glide
Two Scouts sit in a Slingsby T.21 while another Scout connects it to a cable prior to launch at the first Air Scout Gliding Course at Lasham. An Avro York G-ANTK can also be seen in the background

Wright Brothers Glider Tests, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA, October 10, 1902. Historic photo of the Wright brothers third test glider being launched

Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon", 1933
Monoplane glider with strut-braced, gull-type wing mounted high on monocoque fuselage; wooden construction with steel and aluminum fittings and controls; fuselage

A U. S. Army RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle
March 7, 2011 - A U.S. Army RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle sits on the flight line before takeoff at Hurlburt Field, Florida, during Emerald Warrior 2011

The aviator Photograph by Harry Whittier Frees, c1914
FREES: KITTENS, c1914. The aviator Photograph by Harry Whittier Frees, c1914

German aeronautical engineer. One of Otto Lilenthals early glider flights. Photograph, c1895
OTTO LILIENTHAL (1848-1896). German aeronautical engineer. One of Otto Lilenthals early glider flights. Photograph, c1895

Chanute biplane glider

Bleriot-Voisin float glider shortly after launch on the Sein
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Otto Lilienthal and glider, 1895. Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) was a German aviation pioneer, who became known as the Glider King for his many experiments with gliders

Maxim-Dunne glider
The Maxim-Dunne glider at Crystal Palace 1904 Date: 1904

Yellow-bellied Glider - In hollow of tree, South coast New South Wales, Australia JPF02253
JPF-14079 Yellow-bellied Glider - In hollow of tree South coast New South Wales, Australia Petaurus australis Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Remarkable Motorless Aviation Meeting Swiss Chardon in flight 12 August 1922

Sugar Glider - feeding on flower
JPF-304 Sugar Glider - feeding on flower Petaurus breviceps Jean Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Slingsby Grasshopper TX.1 XP490 (msn 1267) Date: 1963

Elliott's of Newbury EoN 419 G-APLS
Elliott's of Newbury Olympia 415 G-APLS (msn EON/4/003), at RAF Odiham on 27 September 1958 With Sergeant Andy Gough showing visitors round his glider. Date: 1958

Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XE800
Air Cadets - Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XE800 (Tandem Tutor), of 622 Volunteer Gliding School, at RAF Old Sarum on 27 February 1971. Date: 1971

Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 WT901
Air Cadets - Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 WT901 (Tandem Tutor), of 622 Volunteer Gliding School, at RAF Old Sarum on 27 February 1971. Date: 1971

Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XA924
Air Cadets - Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 XA924 (Tandem Tutor), of 622 Volunteer Gliding School, at RAF Old Sarum on 27 February 1971. Date: 1971

ICA-Brasov IS-28M YR-1018
ICA-Brasov IS-28M-1 YR-1018 (msn 01), at Le Bourget airport for the Paris Air Show in June 1979. Date: 1979

Putzer Elster V1 D-EJOB (msn V1), the first prototype of the Elster, derived from the Doppelraab glider via the Motorraab motor-glider. Date: 1958

Airspeed Horsa I assault glider
Royal Air Force - Airspeed Horsa I assault glider, on tow using the Y-bridle of early Horsas. Date: circa 1943

Malcolm Allison - with glider, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Malcolm Allison - with glider, between c1910 and c1915

Horsa Glider Memorial, Wolfheze, Holland
Wolfheze is a small village about 10km to the west of Arnhem beside which the Operation Market Garden 17 September 1944 Landing Zones Z ands (gliders) and Drop Zone X (parachutists) were located

Herr Karl Roesch. Chief engineer of the Graf Zeppelin, starting one of the light engines of the Lowe Wylde glider at Hanworth. December 1932

C H Lowe-Wylde in novel plane. C H Lowe-Wylde (known as glider pilot No 1) in a small plane that he has designed. This machine built during experiments to determine the cheapest

Morane-Saulnier MS. 501 Criquet F-BDOS
Morane-Saulnier MS.501 Criquet F-BDOS (msn 695), in use as a glider tug at an aero-club in France. (The MS.502 was a Post-war, French produced / developed version of the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch)

Let L-13 Blanik R14, 2-seat training glider of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA). Date: 1980s

Bristol Aeronautical Corporation XLRQ-1 11652, the 2nd prototype amphibious assault transport glider at the Naval Air Material Centre (NAMC) Philadelphia

Dittmar HD. 153 Motor-Mowe D-ELEX
Dittmar HD.153 Motor-Mowe D-ELEX. A powered development of the Dittmar HD.53 Mowe glider, produced in limited quantities in 1950s Germany. Date: 1960s

Amy Johnson alongside a Zogling primary glider
Amy Johnson CBE (1903-1941) - pioneering English female pilot (the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia) standing beside a Kegel-built Zogling primary glider, near Wendover

Seaplane at Maldives islands. Amazing blue lagoon, with red seaplane. Luxury travel and summer vacation concept

Porte and Pirie Glider early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Pilcher Hawk Glider early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Walton No. 1 Glider early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

The Arial Steam Carriage - proposed flying machine
The Arial Steam Carriage An illustration of proposed flying machine probably 1840s

Pointon Hawk glider, in flight at Mangere, NZ, in 1931. (rnzaf.proboards. com/thread/30588/hawk-glider-1931) Date: 1931

Fauvel AV. 36 R15
Fauvel AV.36 R15, a tail-less glider of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association, based at the RAFGSA Centre, RAF Bicester

Piper Pawnee B G-AXED
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee B G-AXED (msn 25-3586), in use as a glider tug at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Date: circa 1975

de Havilland Chipmunk 22 G-BBMS
de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 G-BBMS (msn C1/0359, ex T.10 WG306), in use as a glider tug at the London Gliding Club, Dunstable. Date: circa 1975

Raymond Baxter being filmed in a Slingsby T. 21 glider
Raymond Baxter about to have a glider flight during filming, in a Slingsby T.21 2-seat training glider, at Lasham. Date: circa 1960

Canadian registered light aircraft and gliders
A selection of Canadian registered light aircraft and gliders, L to R, top to bottom:- CF-FPH, a Cessna 195; CF-EUM, a Piper PA-12; CF-FKL, a Beech 33 Bonanza; CF-ZAI, a glider; CF-ZBK

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"Taking to the Skies: A Glider's Journey Through History" The Slingsby T. 51 Dart glider, an iconic symbol of aviation excellence. Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA - pioneers of flight testing their innovative glider. Two Slingsby T. 51 Dart gliders soaring through the clouds in perfect harmony. The Mignet HM. 5 glider - a marvel of engineering and grace in flight. D-Day - Glider reinforcement team ready to make history with their daring airborne operations. Witnessing nature's wonders: A female Sugar Glider gracefully carries her young on her back in Australia. Let L-13 Blanik 326 - an elegant and reliable companion for countless gliding enthusiasts worldwide. Embarking on new horizons with the sleek and powerful Slingsby Skylark 2 glider. Experiencing pure freedom while gliding amidst breathtaking landscapes in the majestic Alps. Orville Wright putting his gilder to the test at Kitty Hawk, NC - a pivotal moment in aviation history. German Glider Meeting brings together passionate aviators from around the world to celebrate their shared love for soaring through the skies. A mother Sugar Glider proudly carries her young on her back along Australia's picturesque East Coast.