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Date: | Saturday 6 January 1923 |
Time: | daytime |
Type: | Handasyde glider |
Owner/operator: | Frank H. Crane |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Torquay Golf Club, Torquay, Devon -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Torquay Golf Club, Torquay, Devon |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Bungy-launched from the hill at Torquay Golf Club, but dived into the ground and damaged beyond repair. The pilot, Frank H Crane, suffered a sprained ankle.
Sources:
1. Torquay Times, 12 January 1923
2. Ellison, Norman (1971). British Gliders and Sailplanes. London: A & C Black Ltd. p.65. ISBN 0-7136 -1189-8.
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handasyde_glider 4,
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Feb-2014 21:28 |
k8b |
Added |
11-Jan-2015 03:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |