Buxton Hjordis

Hjordis
Role Competition sailplane
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Slingsby Sailplanes
Designer G. M. Buxton
First flight 27 May 1935
Number built 1


The Buxton Hjordis was a single-seat sailplane built by Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd. in the UK to a design by G.M Buxton. Only one was constructed and was flown by Philip Wills at competitions in Europe between 1935-7.

Development

The sole Buxton Hjordis was a high-performance sailplane designed by G.M "Mungo" Buxton and built in 1935 by Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd. It was a single-seater of all-wood construction. Its straight-tapered, cantilever wing was pedestal-mounted and was without flaps or airbrakes. The fuselage was circular in cross section with the cockpit immediately in front of the wing leading edge and a wheel-less, single-skid main undercarriage. Aft, the fuselage tapered to carry a very small triangular fin, on which was mounted a much taller, wide chord rudder of rounded triangular shape and with a vertical leading edge. The horizontal tail was small and essentially all elevator apart from a leading-edge hinge.[1]

Buxton began the design of a development, the Hjordis 2 which was completed and built by Slingsby Aviation as the King Kite.[2]

Operational history

The Hjordis first flew on 27 June 1935. It had been designed and built for the well-known British glider pilot, Philip Wills, and he flew it at the British National Gliding Competitions at Sutton Bank in September 1935. [3] He also flew it at the International Competition held between 14-47 July 1937 at the Wasserkuppe, Germany.[4] At that time it was registered as G-GAAA. The following year it went to South Africa as ZS-23.[1]

The name

Hjordis is a character in Norse mythology, the mother of Sigurd/Siegfried.

Specifications

Data from Ellison 1971, p. 94

General characteristics

Performance


Notes

References

  • Ellison, Norman (1971). British Gliders and Sailplanes. London: A & C Black Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7136-1189-2. 
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