Slingsby Skylarks....

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.

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.

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.

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.

there are some images of my Skylark 4 (long since sold)on
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/IVSM.htm
I also once owned the only Skylark 2 in the USA several years ago
tim
Please visit the Wings & Wheels website at www.wingsandwheels.com

"George Ballantyne" wrote in message
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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.

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

http://piedmontsoaring.org/images/2004/N63SL%20003.jpg

Bob


On Dec 2, 11:23*am, "Tim Mara" wrote:
there are some images of my Skylark 4 *(long since sold)onhttp://www.wingsandwheels.com/IVSM.htm
I also once owned the only Skylark 2 in the USA several years ago
tim
Please visit the Wings & Wheels website atwww.wingsandwheels.com

"George Ballantyne" wrote in message

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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.
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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 )...fly
it like it's a Skylark 4 and it's very enjoyable...I also once owned a
Slingsby Dart 17R.....another great old Slingsby ship....if I were looking
for a vintage glider to fly, not just to show..the Dart would be #1 on my
list..
tim

"Bob" wrote in message
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N63SL is alive and well at Piedmont Soaring........

http://piedmontsoaring.org/images/2004/N63SL%20003.jpg

Bob


On Dec 2, 11:23 am, "Tim Mara" wrote:
there are some images of my Skylark 4 (long since
sold)onhttp://www.wingsandwheels.com/IVSM.htm
I also once owned the only Skylark 2 in the USA several years ago
tim
Please visit the Wings & Wheels website atwww.wingsandwheels.com

"George Ballantyne" wrote in message

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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.
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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

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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

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