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List Of British Gliders
This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available) Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer. British miscellaneous constructors * Aeronca C-2 glider * Airdisco Phi-Phi – Aircraft Disposal Company * Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.52G * Birmingham Guild BG-100 * Birmingham Guild BG-135 * Bolton 1932 * Bramingham 1934 * Breeze Oozle Bird * Bristol Glider (1910) * Broburn Wanderlust – Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley * Brokker (glider) * Brown 1931 glider * Chard Osprey – Keith Chard * Cody UK Aircraft n°1 glider * Colditz Cock * Cramlington Cramcraft – Cramlington Aircraft Ltd * Czerwiński-Shenstone Harbinger – Beverley Shenstone and Waclaw Czerwiński * Davies Glider-1 * Davies Glider-2 * Davis-Costin Condor * Davis Condor 2 * de Havilland DH.52 – de Havilland Aircraft Co * Dickson Primary - Devon Gliding Club * Dorsling 1932 glider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glider Aircraft
A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Most gliders do not have an engine, although motor-gliders have small engines for extending their flight when necessary by sustaining the altitude (normally a sailplane relies on rising air to maintain altitude) with some being powerful enough to take off by self-launch. There are a wide variety of types differing in the construction of their wings, aerodynamic efficiency, location of the pilot, controls and intended purpose. Most exploit meteorological phenomena to maintain or gain height. Gliders are principally used for the air sports of gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. However some spacecraft have been designed to descend as gliders and in the past military gliders have been used in warfare. Some simple and familiar types of glider are toys such as paper planes and balsa wood gliders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cramlington Cramcraft
The Cramlington Cramcraft was a simple, single-seat, primary training glider, designed and built in the United Kingdom by Cramlington Aircraft Ltd. at Cramlington Aerodrome in 1930. About three were built. Design and development The Cramcraft was a single-seat primary glider trainer, aimed at newcomers to the sport and designed with simplicity, robustness and low cost in mind rather than aerodynamic performance. It was a wooden aircraft with wings of rectangular planform built around two box spars which, like the ribs, were made from spruce and plywood. Ailerons reached to the wing tips but no airbrakes were fitted. The tail surfaces were carried on a narrow, flat boom formed by two parallel beams from the wing leading edge, braced together and fabric covered. Both the boom-mounted tailplane and elevators it carried were rectangular in plan, though the latter had a cutout for rudder movement and extended beyond the tailplane. The rudder was mounted on a very narrow fin and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etheridge 1933
Etheridge may refer to: People * Bill Etheridge, a British politician, Member of the European Parliament for UKIP * Bob Etheridge (born 1941), US Representative * Chris Etheridge, British sidecarcross rider * Emerson Etheridge, late US Representative * George Etherege, English dramatist *James Etheridge, English MP * Joanne Etheridge, Australian physicist * John Etheridge, English Jazz guitarist * John Wesley Etheridge (1804–1866), English nonconformist minister and scholar * Melissa Etheridge, a singer-songwriter * Neil Etheridge, English-Filipino footballer * Robert Etheridge (1819–1903), English geologist and palaeontologist. *Robert Etheridge, Junior (1847–1920), English palaeontologist who worked extensively in Australia * Zac Etheridge: American football coach and player. Places * Shire of Etheridge, a local government area in north Queensland, Australia See also *Ethridge (other) *Ettridge (other) Ettridge may refer to: * Ben Ettridge, an Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eggleton 1912
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Edgley EA-9 Optimist
Edgley may refer to: *Edgley International, theatre and concert promotions company from Australia, first started in the 1930s *Edgley Optica, British light aircraft designed for observation work, intended as a low-cost alternative to helicopters *Gigi Edgley (born 1977), Australian actress and recording artist *Harry Edgley (1891–1966), English footballer *Leslie Edgley (1912–2002), mystery fiction writer *Mark Edgley Smith Mark Edgley-Smith he hyphen disappeared at some point(20 March 1955 – 26 July 2008) was a British composer. He was born in Wimbledon and educated at Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames. There it was soon apparent that he was equally gifted ... (born 1955), British composer * Richard C. Edgley (born 1936), the first counselor in the presiding bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1995 {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunning 1934 Glider
The Cloudcraft Dickson Primary was a single-seat primary glider designed in the United Kingdom in 1930 to be constructed from plans. Many glider clubs in the UK and the British Empire flew them in the 1930s. Design and development Like other primary gliders of the 1930s, the Dickson Primary was aerodynamically unambitious, with its emphasis on low cost and simplicity. It was a wooden high wing aircraft, carrying the pilot on an open seat with a largely open, flat truss girder fuselage behind. The wing had a two-spar fabric covered structure and was completely rectangular in plan. Ailerons occupied approximately ⅓ of the outer trailing edge. The wing was mounted on the horizontal upper beam of the three-bay fuselage Warren girder. The lower beam, angled slightly upwards rearwards, carried the pilot's seat and controls at its forward end. Pairs of landing wires ran from a longitudinally-orientated inverted V-shaped pylon above the centre of the upper wing to the two spars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickson Primary
Dickson may refer to: People *Dickson (given name) *Dickson (surname) Places In Australia: *Dickson, Australian Capital Territory in Canberra *Dickson College in Canberra *Dickson Centre, Australian Capital Territory in Canberra *Division of Dickson, Electoral Division, Queensland In Canada: *Dickson, Alberta *Dickson Hill, Ontario In Greenland: *Dickson Fjord In Malaysia: *Port Dickson In Russia: * Dikson (urban-type settlement), Krasnoyarsk Krai (named for Oscar Dickson) In the United States: *Dickson, Alaska *Dickson, Oklahoma *Dickson, Tennessee *Dickson City, Pennsylvania *Dickson County, Tennessee *Dickson Township, Michigan *Dickson Tavern Erie, PA Historical Building *Dickson, West Virginia Lakes *Dickson Lake in Argentina and Chile Literature *''Dickson!'', a collection of short stories by Gordon R. Dickson Ships * , a cargo ship leased to the Soviet Union during the Second World War Other * a 6-row barley variety *Father Dickson Cemetery, Crestwood, St. Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis Condor 2
The Davis-Costin Condor was a conventional all-wood, tandem-seat sailplane built in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Only one was constructed; it was later rebuilt with a longer fuselage and other detailed alterations as the Condor 2. Design and development The Condor was an all-wood glider, seating two in tandem. The wing was built around two spars and the planform was unusual in that the chord of the straight tapered inboard section increased outwards. The outer wing sections, where the ailerons were mounted, were conventionally tapered. No flaps or airbrakes were fitted. The wings joined a raised fuselage centre section and were braced by pairs of parallel lift struts from about one third span to the bottom of the fuselage. Its fuselage was flat sided with angled panels above and below. The straight edged tailplane and elevators were set well forward on top of the fuselage. There was no fixed fin, just a generous and slightly angular rudder. The front seat was just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
