On 2 Dec 2008 13:15:02 GMT, 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.


You may be pleased to hear that the Skylark at Bowland Forest is still
going strong. It was completely overhauled last year and now looks
resplendent in canary yellow and blue. I was also pleased to hear the
comments about the Dart 17R as I am a proud owner of one myself and
fly my Dart from Bowland Forest too. (We do have some modern ships at
Chipping as well - honest, although my last flight was in a Slingsby
Swallow, but that's another tale!)

Keith