Originally Posted by
POBJOY
Well we missed the boat on that (should have license built it) and saved 20 years of trying to modernise. In fact we could have customised it for a total winch launch operation with a simple strut mod, and enjoyed more flying when the wind got up.
When the Blanik was first suggested, it was totally ruled out because it was built in what was then an Iron Curtain country (can't have 'communist' machines in RAF markings can we) so Slingsbys came up with the UK equivalent in the T53 and we all know what a disaster that was.