Slingsby Aviation

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Slingsby Aviation

Slingsby T67M Firefly

Slingsby Aviation is a British aircraft company based in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire, England.

1 History
2 Aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The company was founded in nearby Scarborough as Slingsby Sailplanes by Frederick Nicholas Slingsby, a furniture manufacturer, World War I aviator and gliding enthusiast. Its first aircraft was a German designed Falke which flew in 1931. In 1934 the company moved to Kirbymoorside. In World War II, Slingsby contributed to the production of military gliders with the Slingsby Hengist. Slingsby’s last glider, the Slingsby T.65 Vega, ceased production in 1982.

The company is now a subsidiary of Cobham plc. Cobham has 3 main groups of companies; FR Aviation, Aerospace Systems (formerly Flight Refuelling Group) and the Chelton Group of companies (of which Slingsby Aviation is a member).

Slingsby designs and manufactures composite structures, ranging from large marine structures, such as submarine rudders, to lightweight helmets for helmet mounted display systems, mainly for the aerospace and defence industries.

Slingsby Firefly T67M of the UK Defence Elementary Flying Training School, used for training Army and Navy student pilots.

Slingsby Aviation’s SAH2200 hovercraft has operated in such varied regions as the Arctic Circle and Africa. Two are seen in the James Bond movie, Die Another Day.

The company builds the T-67 Firefly, a two seater military training aircraft.

Slingsby Aviation employs around 130 people on its 12,220 square metre (131,000 square feet) site. The company has its own airfield with a 750 metre reinforced grass runway.

[edit] Aircraft

Baynes Bat
Slingsby T.1 Falcon 1
Slingsby T.3 Dagling
Slingsby T.4 Falcon II
Slingsby T.5 Granau Baby
Slingsby T.6 Kirby Kite 1
Slingsby T.7 Kirby Cadet
Slingsby T.8 Kirby Tutor
Slingsby T.9 King Kite
Slingsby T.12 Kirby Gull 1
Slingsby T.14 Gull II
Slingsby T.18 Hengist
Slingsby T.20
Slingsby T.21B Sedbergh
Slingsby T.31B Tandem Tutor
Slingsby T.37 Skylark One
Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper
Slingsby T.41 Skylark 2
Slingsby T.43 Skylark 3
Slingsby T.45 Swallow
Slingsby T.49B Capstan
Slingsby T.50 Skylark 4
Slingsby T.51 Dart
Slingsby T.53B
Slingsby T.59 (Kestrel)
Slingsby T.61 Falke (Venture)
Slingsby T.65 Vega
Slingsby T.67 Firefly

[edit] References

Slingsby Sailplanes, by Martin Simons, Airlife Publishing 1996 ISBN 1-85310-732-8: drawings, descriptions and many photographs of all Slingsby gliders.