Slingsby Skylarks....

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.


Dick Johnson's 2-time US National's winnning Skylark 4 ('63 & '64) is
still putting in 5 hr+ flights at Texas Soaring Association for its
current owner, who has been flying it for the past 30 years.

Bob

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From: "Bob"
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.soaring
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:52 AM
Subject: Slingsby Skylarks....


N63SL is alive and well at Piedmont Soaring........

Bob
Is N63SL the original registration number for your Sky 4?
I have lost the serial number of the Sky 4 that I sold about 1971.
Wonder about its whereabouts.

Duane Eisenbeiss
eisenbeiss at compuserve.com

In message , Neal Pfeiffer
writes
For Slingsby gliders in the USA, try the FAA registry site
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinqu...ef_inquiry.asp

Insert Slingsby in the Manufacturer Name box and you get a summary of
all Slingsby gliders in the US. You can select individual entries for
more info.

I know it doesn't give info on condition or such, but it indicates it
is still in the system and may be viable. I have extracted names and
addresses from it to use for postal-mail invitations for our regional
Vintage Sailplane Meet.

You should do the same think in the UK with the CAA's G-INFO database:
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.asp...pid=1&mode =s
earch

However I thought the Lark was a T43 and there aren't any in it - were
they exempt from the EASA transition? There is a T21 registered, though
not the one at our club (the one the OP and I fly at).

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Surfer!
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:59:34 +0000, Surfer! wrote:

You should do the same think in the UK with the CAA's G-INFO database:
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?
catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=s
earch

Its not that good. Take model and variant attributions shown on it with a
grain of salt. Last time I looked, there were no Pegase 90s on it, only
101s. One that I KNOW is a 90 is recorded as a 101 and I suspect there
are others like this.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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On Dec 2, 5:28*pm, Neal Pfeiffer wrote:
For Slingsby gliders in the USA, try the FAA registry sitehttp://registry..faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/acftref_inquiry.asp

Insert Slingsby in the Manufacturer Name box and you get a summary of
all Slingsby gliders in the US. *You can select individual entries for
more info.

I know it doesn't give info on condition or such, but it indicates it is
still in the system and may be viable. *I have extracted names and
addresses from it to use for postal-mail invitations for our regional
Vintage Sailplane Meet.

..... Neal


Not all Slingsby's in the US are on the FAA database. For example, the
one on craigslist is sporting an N number that's currently assigned to
a new C172R so it's apparently been removed from the FAA registry at
some point. There are two T.43F's listed. Cached version of the
Skylark 3 page from Nov 14, 2008 says canceled in the remarks. Today
it says 'Extant in USA'. SN 1092.

Frank Whiteley

On Dec 2, 1:15*pm, 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.


Email sent... Let me know if you don't get it.

Colin Field, half-owner of Skylark 3 BGA 742 'AXL'

I have lost track of the Sky 4 that I used to own. Wonder if any of you
responding to this thread might be able to help.
The ship was imported new to the USA in 1963(?) for Rene Comte (Swiss pilot)
to fly in the USA Nationals at Elmira, NY. It was intended to be sold at
the end of the National contest.
The sailplane was purchased by Jack Baugh and was kept in the factory where
the Sisu was being built. I bought the sailplane in 1964 and took it to
Monroe, GA and then to the Chicago, IL area when I relocated in 1967. In
1971 (?) I sold the ship to Roy LeCrone (who I have also lost track of) who
bought it for his wife to get her Gold distance flight..
This ship had an original registration number of N-256JB. I have lost the
serial number. I thought that one of you responding to this thread might
have the ship and have changed the registration number. Any help would be
appreciated.

Duane Eisenbeiss
eisenbeiss at compuserve.com

Duane,

A quick look at Richard's site shows that your Skylark 4 was serial
number 1385 and is now registered C-GCUM and based at Deep River,
Ontario.

Simon

On 2 Dec, 18:14, "Tim Mara" wrote:
good to know ...this is a very nice flying, (slow) older vintage
glider....easy to fly, climbs on a Bee's fart..but not a real speedy ship I
remember 75-76 knots is about top speed...faster than that the wing tips
twist enough to keep you at 76 knots..then they act like spoilers )

When I was looking for a glider I was offered a Skylark 4 special
which had been built for a competition (worlds?) in the USA. Big
thermals, high cloudbase so running was more important than climbing
and it had NO washout at all in the tips. Apparently it went like a
witch but would flick into spin without warning if you were unwise
enough to thermal below 50kt...

Ian

On 3 Dec, 07:59, Surfer! wrote:

However I thought the Lark was a T43 and there aren't any in it - were
they exempt from the EASA transition?

Yup. All Slingsby models up to and including T50 are Annex II. See
page 39 of

http://www.easa.europa.eu/ws_prod/c/...5-Feb-2008.pdf

Ian