Vintage glider aerotow at Southdown Gliding Club on Thursday 20th June 2024 – photos from Robin Atkinson
Below is a wonderful collection of photographs taken by Robin Atkinson at the vintage glider aerotow at Southdown Gliding Club.
All credit to Colin Lucas for providing the tows for a range of super scale models, mostly of vintage glider subjects.
Thanks to Chris Foss for a fine aerobatic glider demonstration while the tug was being refuelled.
Chris Foss gave a smooth demo of his electrified Phase 5
A good crowd watched the fine display of aerotowing and more
John Sanders’s fine Habicht
John Sanders’s fine Habicht on approach
Chris Foss gave a smooth demo of his electrified Phase 5
Flamingo by Robin Strange
Kirby Kite by Robin Strange (rear)
Jose Weiss ‘Olive’ glider 1909 was tricky to tow
Jose Weiss ‘Olive’ glider 1909
Jose Weiss ‘Olive’ glider 1909 was tricky to tow
Jose Weiss ‘Olive’ glider 1909 was tricky to tow
Jose Weiss ‘Olive’ glider 1909
Flamingo by Robin Strange
Kirby Kite by Robin Strange
Kirby Kite by Robin Strange
Kirby Kite by Robin Strange
A fine shot of the tug waiting on the ground while the Slingsby Dart landed
Piper Cub tug
Colin Lucas worked hard all evening to get all the gliders in the air
Slingsby Dart gets away cleanly
Slingsby Dart on approach
Slingsby Dart (foreground)
Another shot of the Slingsby Dart on tow
Centre – John Sanders’s HW-4 Flamingo designed by Kurt Henrich and Hand Widmer in 1944
John Sanders’s HW-4 Flamingo
John Sanders’s HW-4 Flamingo in front of Robin Strange’s
Slingsby Dart
Slingsby Dart
Slingsby Dart
Kirby Gull (left) and Spatz L55 (Right)
