Re: Slingsby Skylarks....

[Nyal Williams[_2_]]

Aw, you guys are way too modern for me; what I need, in addition to wood,
is wings covered with chicken wire and chicken feathers and a steam engine
to make them flap up and down.

At 21:00 02 December 2008, George Ballantyne wrote:
>Thanks for that John. Sorry to hear about the crash of 1016, hope it
>wasn't too serious....
>I've been on Richards site before. In fact you'll find a couple of my
>recent photos on it now, one of which is of my own Skylark 3 (Bga no.
>1023, 'BKE') which is now based at Portmoak again.
>Lovely old machine...handling from a bygone age, that smell of wood,
dope
>and age...you can keep 'plastic' gliders, it has got to be 'wood'
for
>me!
>
>At 15:15 02 December 2008, John Mitchell wrote:
>>The following website may be of interest:
>http://rcawsey.co.uk/skylark3.htm
>>It opens at the Skylark 3 page but has a link to both Skylark 2 and to
>>Skylark 4.
>>
>>My 3G was BGA 1016 which, unfortunately, I crashed at Feshiebridge and
>my
>>son's first glider was a share in a 3F - BGA 1251, BUT - which is
still
>>based at Bowland Forest Gliding Club, Chipping.
>>
>>We both have happy memories of the old girls!
>>
>>John
>>
>>At 13:15 02 December 2008, George Ballantyne wrote:
>>>Hi folks,
>>>Would appreciate very much if anyone out there could send me pictures,
>>>information, histories, etc, of any of the Skylarks that may or may
not
>>be
>>>out there still. Any snippets or anecdotes too! My 'old bird' (the
>>>glider, not the wife!) is still going strong, I hope there are still a
>>few
>>>of Fred Slingsby's creation still airborne.
>>>Cheers,
>>>G. Ballantyne.

>>>
>>>
>>
>

[George Ballantyne[_2_]]

Behave, you daft bugger!! I fell off my seat laughing! :o)

At 22:00 02 December 2008, Nyal Williams wrote:
>Aw, you guys are way too modern for me; what I need, in addition to
wood,
>is wings covered with chicken wire and chicken feathers and a steam
engine
>to make them flap up and down.
>
>At 21:00 02 December 2008, George Ballantyne wrote:
>>Thanks for that John. Sorry to hear about the crash of 1016, hope it
>>wasn't too serious....
>>I've been on Richards site before. In fact you'll find a couple of my
>>recent photos on it now, one of which is of my own Skylark 3 (Bga no.
>>1023, 'BKE') which is now based at Portmoak again.
>>Lovely old machine...handling from a bygone age, that smell of wood,
>dope
>>and age...you can keep 'plastic' gliders, it has got to be 'wood'
>for
>>me!
>>
>>At 15:15 02 December 2008, John Mitchell wrote:
>>>The following website may be of interest:
>>http://rcawsey.co.uk/skylark3.htm
>>>It opens at the Skylark 3 page but has a link to both Skylark 2 and to
>>>Skylark 4.
>>>
>>>My 3G was BGA 1016 which, unfortunately, I crashed at Feshiebridge and
>>my
>>>son's first glider was a share in a 3F - BGA 1251, BUT - which is
>still
>>>based at Bowland Forest Gliding Club, Chipping.
>>>
>>>We both have happy memories of the old girls!
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>At 13:15 02 December 2008, George Ballantyne wrote:
>>>>Hi folks,
>>>>Would appreciate very much if anyone out there could send me
pictures,
>>>>information, histories, etc, of any of the Skylarks that may or may
>not
>>>be
>>>>out there still. Any snippets or anecdotes too! My 'old bird' (the
>>>>glider, not the wife!) is still going strong, I hope there are still
a
>>>few
>>>>of Fred Slingsby's creation still airborne.
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>G. Ballantyne.

>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>