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  2. Elliotts of Newbury - Wikipedia

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    EoN Olympia glider being bungy-launched. At the end of the war, the firm had hoped to resume furniture manufacture but in those times of austerity this was not allowed by the Board of Trade. The company therefore planned to continue with aircraft production. Its first product was the Elliotts Newbury Eon four-seat light aircraft.

  3. Glider (furniture) - Wikipedia

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    A glider or platform rocker is a type of rocking chair that moves as a swing seat, where the entire frame consists of a seat attached to the base by means of a double-rocker four-bar linkage. The non-parallel suspension arms of the linkage cause the chair to simulate a rocking-chair motion as it swings back and forth.

  4. Gliding Heritage Centre - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Wills, the son of Philip Wills, founded the Vintage Glider Club in 1973. He died on 4 May 2011 but left a bequest of £100,000 to build a hangar to house vintage gliders plus his Steinadler. A group of enthusiasts decided to create a Gliding Heritage Centre which could be visited by members of the public in a building called The ...

  5. Slingsby Aviation - Wikipedia

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    Slingsby Firefly T67M of the UK Defence Elementary Flying Training School, used for training Army and Navy student pilots. After this Slingsby became part of the Vickers Group in November 1969, initially as Vickers-Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd , then reverting to the old name of Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd, and original design declined, though they ...

  6. Slingsby T.53 - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1960s the RAF issued a requirement to replace the current wooden gliders used by the Air Training Corps with a new tandem two-seater. [1] Slingsby took the opportunity to design a new glider that would meet the needs of the ATC and could be used by civil gliding clubs. [1]

  7. Slingsby T.21 - Wikipedia

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    The RAF received 95 Sedberghs, and the type remained in service until the mid-1980s, when all their wooden gliders were replaced by Grob Vikings.By this time most of the civilian clubs no longer flew T.21s, but the RAF fleet was auctioned off, and the type gained a new popularity with groups seeking recreational flying, in Germany and the Netherlands as well as the UK.

  8. Harris Lebus - Wikipedia

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    After the war the firm's manufacturing policy was changed. It was decided to increase mechanisation to enable the production of high volumes of well-constructed furniture affordable to a wider range of people. [17] This was hugely successful and Harris Lebus became a household name and the largest furniture manufacturer in the world. [3]

  9. Bowland Forest Gliding Club - Wikipedia

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    The process of receiving planning permission and grant applications took some time (the UK government granted them £7,075) [20] but the sale was completed in 1971. [21] A Blanik L-13 during a winch launch. While flying continued at Samlesbury, the club members started a phase of hard work at Chipping, using outside contractors as little as ...

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