Slingsby Kirby Cadet

T.7 Kirby Cadet
Role	Training glider
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Slingsby
First flight	1935
Primary user	Royal Air Force
Number built	376
Variants	Cadet UT-1

The Slingsby T.7 Kirby Cadet is a British training glider designed and built by Slingsby that first flew in 1935 and saw service with the Royal Air Force for use by the Air Training Corps as the Cadet TX.1 throughout the 1950, 1960s and 1970s.^[1]

Design and development

The T.7 was developed to specification 20/43 from the civilian Kirby Kadet to meet an Air Ministry requirement for a training glider as part of the air cadet programme, and it entered service as the Cadet TX.1 with the Royal Air Force. It was further developed with a change of wing into the T.8 Kirby Tutor (service name Cadet TX.2) which in turn was developed into a two-seat version the T.31B Tandem Tutor (service name Cadet TX.3). One number in Sri Lanka air force

Operators

United Kingdom

Royal Air Force

Specifications

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 20 ft 10.6 in (6.364 m) (later production)
Wingspan: 11.7 ft (3.6 m)
Wing area: 170 sq ft (15.8 m²)
Aspect ratio: 8.67
Airfoil: Göttingen 426
Empty weight: 297 lb (134.5 kg)
Gross weight: 513 lb (232.7 kg)

Performance

Wing loading: 3.0 lb/sq ft (14.7 kg/m²)

Notes

↑ RAF Museum, Hendon
↑ Simons, Martin (1996). Slingsby Sailplanes. Shrewsbury: Aerospace Publishing. pp. 52–59. ISBN 1 85310 732 8.

References

Simons, Martin (1996). Slingsby Sailplanes. Shrewsbury: Aerospace Publishing. pp. 52–59. ISBN 1 85310 732 8.

External links

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Aircraft produced by Slingsby Sailplanes and Slingsby Aviation

Manufacturer designations	T.1 Falcon T.3 Primary T.4 Falcon III T.5 Grunau Baby T.6 Kite T.7 Kirby Cadet T.8 Kirby Tutor T.9 King Kite T.12Kirby Gull 1 T.13Petrel T.14 Kirby Gull 1 T.15 Kirby Gull 1 T.18 Hengist T.20 T.21 T.23 Kite T.24 Falcon 4 T.25 Gull 4 T.26 Kite 2 T.29 Motor Tutor T.30 Prefect T.31 Tandem Tutor T.34 Sky T.35 Austral T.37 Skylark T.38 Grasshopper T.41 Skylark 2 T.42 Eagle T.43 Skylark 3 T.45 Swallow T.46 T.49 Capstan T.50 Skylark 4 T.51 Dart T.53 T.55 Regal Eagle T.56 Currie Wot T.57 T.58 T.59 Kestrel T.61 Falke T.65 Vega T.66 Tipsy Nipper T.67 Firefly

By name	Cadet TX.1 Cadet TX.2 Cadet TX.3 Capstan Dagling Dart Eagle Falcon I Falcon II Falcon 4 Falke Firefly Grunau Baby Grasshopper Kirby Gull Gull 2 Gull 3 Hengist Kestrel King Kite Kirby Cadet Kirby Kite 1 Kirby Kite 2 Kirby Tutor Petrel Phoenix Prefect Sedbergh Skylark 1 Skylark 2 Skylark 3 Skylark 4 Swallow Tandem Tutor Vega Venture V-Liner

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