Vaguely reminds me of an assault glider!

Sorry chaps, just a looker on this site, afraid have no means of posting images at present. Will this situation result in a dog fight or something? Ah, no, of course not, all thorough gentlemen here!





DDX, there's no reason why you can't post images: you have no restrictions in place from PPRuNe,

Senior Pilot

dux,

You can upload images from your device directly to PPRuNe. In the Reply dialog, just click on the picture icon:
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Although I have never seen a photo of the glider - I would go for it being the one and only Peak 100 2 seater,designed by Harry Midwood who at one time was chief designer with EoN (Elliots of Newbury).

Sorry but OH if correct.

Edit to add - maybe taken at Long Mynd ??

Blimey, excellent call there Longer Ron!

Bit of detective work found another source of interesting reading material!

Page 68-69 has item and photos on the Peak 100 progress:
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/re...s-gliding-club

Many copies of Sailplane and Gliding and other gliding-related material, courtesy of the Lakes Gliding Club.
https://www.yumpu.com/user/lakesgc.co.uk

Think the Capstan was a more attractive proposition!

More here.

Blimey Treadi and fauteuil - you did well to find pics of the Peak glider - I failed miserably LOL

longer ron has it - the Peak 100.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_100

I found the same copy of S&G as treadders did, at a different URL: http://www.lakesgc.co.uk/mainwebpage...Aug%201963.pdf

Here are the relevant pages:


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https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c219d33607.png

That particular issue of S&G has some fascinating stuff in it - that was the year that Peter Scott won the nationals.

I haven't been able to find out what happened to the Peak 100.

I agree - much nicer to look at and very pleasant to fly.

longer ron has control.

It became BGA 1140, if that helps to focus your search.

Many apologies but it will have to be OH

Great find IFT btw - nice to see some pics of the beast :)

The Peak's CofA expired in '76 according a book I've got. No other details sadly...

Errr, lift?

As no-one else seems to want to pick up the baton and run with it .....

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....df52be2255.jpg

..... and there was me, running with the baton, and when I looked around there was no-one else on the track!

I will reach out to take your baton and continue the relay.
Falcon XP?

Nope, not a Falcon XP. It's a two seat canard designed by a naval architect from Brest. I believe that there are only a handful of them flying.

We were all busy on computers, trying to find an obscure canard!

I just through it was too 'kin 'ard... :ok:

I won't prolong the agony. The canard is a Flipper-bi, designed by naval architect Paul Lucas of Brest in, I believe, the 1990s. Open House please.

Well done, it is not often a challenge defeats the assembled pundits. You can drop the baton and sink gracefully into your armchair! ;)

Even knowing the name, it's not very common on the Internet:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e2eb84b037.jpg