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2. Warsztaty Szybowcowe Orlik - Wikipedia

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   The Orlik gliders were built with a wooden structure, the fuselage covered in wood, while the wings and tail were covered with doped aircraft fabric covering. Glidepath control is via an unusual pair of air brakes located on the underside of the wing just aft of the leading edge , extending from the wing root to the gull bend.

3. Gull wing - Wikipedia

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   The gull wing, also known as Polish wing or Puławski wing, is an aircraft wing configuration with a prominent bend in the wing inner section towards the wing root. Its name is derived from the seabirds which it resembles and from the Polish aircraft designer Zygmunt Puławski who started using this design in his planes.

4. Slingsby Aviation - Wikipedia

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   Slingsby T.14 Gull 2; Slingsby T.15 Gull 3; Slingsby T.17 – military transport glider project to meet Air Ministry Specification 10/40, not built. Slingsby T.18 Hengist – military glider 1942; Slingsby T.19 (target glider) Slingsby T.20; Slingsby T.21 (Sedbergh TX.1) Slingsby T.23 Kite 1A; Slingsby T.24 Falcon 4; Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 ...

5. Slingsby Kirby Gull - Wikipedia

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   In 1939 a Gull, widely known as the Blue Gull became the first glider to fly from England to France, cross channel. The pilot was G. Stephenson. [1]The only Gull III to be built survived the war, and along with the Petrel was regarded as one of the prettiest sailplanes to come out of Slingsby's doors.

6. Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 - Wikipedia

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   Two Gull 4s were prepared for the International gliding championships to be held at Samedan in the Swiss Alps in July 1948, joining two Elliott Olympias, and two Weihes from RAF clubs in Germany. Philip Wills and Christopher Nicholson flew the two Gull 4s, during a disastrous competition where Nicholson flying a Gull 4 and Greig flying an ...

7. Slingsby Petrel - Wikipedia

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   It was a single-seat high-performance sailplane with a span of a little under 18 metres, built of wood with a mixture of plywood and fabric covering. It had high cantilever gull wings, though the inner section dihedral was modest. They carried straight taper to fine and rounded tips and ailerons that extended over more than half the span.