Slingsby T38
Chev The Slingsby Grasshopper (or primary glider) was a crib of the German design but built specifically for the ATC/CCF
The name Dagling was what people actually called them no doubt because of the original German name Zogling.
Everyone knows what a Dagling is even though it covers the range of primary gliders.
Elliots of Newbury built a version but they are ALL cribs off the original German design and all look similar.
The Germans used them as proper primary trainers and 'pinged' them off mountain slopes on your own.
The ATC (before they had two seaters) used to give instruction in the single seater Tutor which consisted of ground slides followed by low and high hops. The instructor would also be the winch driver in many cases. The original ATC A&B badge was in fact a BGA certificate given after 3 solo's and the ability to do turns in both directions.
Last edited by POBJOY; 23rd Oct 2015 at 11:43.