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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Dec 2010, 11:08
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

T53 Test Flying

Thanks for the info GBW-off to see dad on New Years Day so I will see if I can borrow any more photos off him.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Dec 2010, 20:27
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

T53 Test Flying

Hi GBW,
Dad recalls being the first back seat passenger in the T53 ,flown by yourself, with a static asi "bomb" connected to a lot of plastic tube which he fed out of the ventilation slide window...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2010, 15:57
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

J K Rushton

Corrected! Thankyou.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Dec 2010, 18:35
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Sigma Sailplane

Many thanks for the Sigma links, India Four Two as it does include a general arrangement drawing plus wing sections.
Not too sure of the runway location but can ask next time I email.
I do have 3...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Dec 2010, 19:53
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Slingsby T53

Many thanks for your reply Geoff-I had been thinking of not continuing with this due to lack of interest,but I have printed off your reply and posted it for tomorrows post.
He never mentioned he had...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Dec 2010, 20:59
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Slingsby Swallow

In answer to the question about the Swallow name J K Rushton would probably have known the answer, but unfortunately we do not.I did meet J K Rushton a couple of times as child-he preceded Dad at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Dec 2010, 20:46
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Andreas Gliding Club T53

At least the snow is not affecting our trusty Post Office-from published sources Dad has informed me this glider is the last T53b built by Slingsbys out of the batch of 16 which was converted to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Nov 2010, 18:11
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Slingsby T53/Dart

Derek Piggott had a bit of an experience after pulling a loop at the Farnborough Airshow demo but it was kept quiet. This was after the first weight saving redesign by Mr Slater, dad had joined Sigma...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Nov 2010, 20:41
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Andreas Gliding Club

Thanks for the link-I have printed & posted it to dad & mentioned about flight test reports.See if it jogs any memories!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Nov 2010, 19:10
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Watts my Line by David Dixon Redline Books 2006ish

Dad gave me this for last years Xmas present and told me it was worth reading for the incredible errors in it! Leaving aside 16m Darts and the 18m T53, the author states that it was an all American...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Nov 2010, 18:43
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Slingsby T53 design

Answers to various questions I have put to Dad on the T53 have been answered thus:
"calculations could have been done on flight handling and structure but were not deemed necessary-what had worked...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Nov 2010, 17:51
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Slingsby T53 design

A couple of years ago Dad gave me some old Flight Internationals. One had that flight test report in and another one an issue or 2 later with a picture of Concorde on the front. Could not understand...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Nov 2010, 20:07
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

More family history

2 albums of gliding stuff and 1 of vintage motorcycles from that period!
However this is the T53 thread so I will just treat you to one more....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Nov 2010, 20:28
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

T53 first flight 3rd April 1967

http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab110/roys1966/T53firstflight.jpg
Left to right Fred Slingsby, Derek Piggott and my father J L Sellars.
Was also my fathers 30th birthday!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Sep 2010, 19:40
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Slingsby T53

Spoke with dad this evening and he has promised me a letter in reply to the criticism on here.
Wooden sailplanes had been axed by Slingsbys due to rising labour rates and new standards of accuracy...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2010, 17:16
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Spoke to dad last night and he described the...

Spoke to dad last night and he described the Blanik as more sophisticated in design, and he does recall getting stuck inside the fuselage of one after having crawled inside it with a tape measure!!!!...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Sep 2010, 19:55
Replies: 87
Views: 37,483
Posted By roys

Slingsby T53

Hi chaps-whilst googling a few of my childhood memories I came upon this forum and this thread. My father designed the T 53 and as he has pulled the plug on the internet, having better things to do...
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