ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173124
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| Date: | Saturday 13 October 1962 |
| Time: | daytime |
| Type: | EoN Olympia 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Southdown Gliding Club. |
| Registration: | BGA 550 |
| MSN: | EoN/O/0131 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Firle Beacon, South Downs, East Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Firle Beacon, South Downs, East Sussex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered as BGA 550 in 1948. Became G-ALJY on 8 April 1949. Reverted to BGA 550 at an unknown date. Written off (damaged beyond repair) G-ALJY (ex-BGA550) on 13 October 1962 it was on the South Downs, flying from the gliding site at Firle Beacon, when, I presume, it failed to retain sufficient height to make a safe landing back at the site and, instead, made an outfield landing, at approximate co-ordinates 50°50′ 0″ N, 0°6′ 0″ E.
Details of this landing have not yet been found, but, apparently, it was not successful, and the Olympia was damaged beyond economic repair. Pilot was Richard E (Dick) Vanson. (Damage was estimated at £700 to repair, and a brand new Olympia cost, at the time, £850).
Registration G-ALJY belatedly cancelled 10 January 1964 as "marks withdrawn from use". Registration was presumably cancelled as part of a "clean up/census" of the UK civil register
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALJY.pdf
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Olympia.htm
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?54450-Gliders-in-the-G-AL**-series-1949&p=1119916
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ALJY.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firle_Beacon
6. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16718.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2015 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Feb-2020 18:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2022 00:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Category] |
| 08-Aug-2022 00:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Category] |
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