Glider On Show In City
Display In Latimer Square A curious crowd gathered in Latimer square early last evening to speculate on the contents of a long, -narrow aluminium trailer drawn up behind a car. Curiosity was quickly satisfied when the smooth-lined, red and white fuselage of a high performance Skylark II sailplane was removed from the trailer and dragged on to the grass in the square. The sailplane, in five sections —fuselage, three wing divisions and tailplane—was rapidly assembled by members of the Canterbury Glider Club for inspection.
British designed, but assembled m this country at a cost of £l5OO, the glider has made several longdistance flights, including-a crossing of Cook Strait from Lees Valley to Palmerston North, and the first sailplane crossing of the Southern Alps. It is constructed of spruce with an aircraft-grade plywood outer covering, and is fitted with oxygen and a special braking device to limit its maximum speed to 120 miles an hour. The wing span is 48ft. p Last evening’s exhibition was staged as publicity for a glider club display to be held at Darfield this Sunday.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29070, 5 December 1959, Page 12
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