Olympic Gliding- Wenlock Games

[Dan[_6_]]

http://www.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/olympian-games/gliding/index.shtml

interesting history of these games which pre-date the modern Olympics

[VinceC]

That was a terrific event and saw at times 30+ gliders soaring on a 2 mile ridge. What a spectacle!

Here is a photographic list of the Olympia gliders which entered. The Ka6's will follow

http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/VINTAGE/Documentation/Olympia/Mynd-2012/album/index.html

[Dan[_6_]]

On Jul 29, 11:30*pm, VinceC > wrote:
> That was a terrific event and saw at times 30+ gliders soaring on a 2 mile ridge. What a spectacle!
>
> Here is a photographic list of the Olympia gliders which entered. The Ka6's will follow
>
> http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/VINTAGE/Documentation/Olympia/Mynd-2012...

WOW!
Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[Frank Whiteley]

On Monday, July 30, 2012 6:46:21 AM UTC-6, Dan wrote:
> On Jul 29, 11:30*pm, VinceC > wrote:
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> > That was a terrific event and saw at times 30+ gliders soaring on a 2 mile ridge. What a spectacle!
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> > Here is a photographic list of the Olympia gliders which entered. The Ka6's will follow
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> >
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> > http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/VINTAGE/Documentation/Olympia/Mynd-2012....
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>
>
> WOW!
>
> Very cool, thanks for sharing.

WRT the 1936 games, see
http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1936/1936spart6.pdf
and go to Gliding

Also a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKK0_ZfN-pY

Gliding was to be adopted in 1940, but events precluded this.

[VinceC]

Finally, here are the Ka6s' at the event

http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/VINTAGE/Documentation/Ka-6E/Long%20Mynd%202012%20-%20Ka6/album/index.html