ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29187
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| Date: | Saturday 1 April 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Slingsby T.45 Swallow |
| Owner/operator: | Scottish Gliding Union |
| Registration: | BGA 966 |
| MSN: | 1083 (2) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Portmoak Airfield, Scotlandwell, Near Kinross -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Portmoak Airfield, Kinross |
| Portmoak Airfield, Kinross | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no.1083: Prototype T.45 Swallow, registered as BGA 843. C of A issued 21/7/1958 to Slingsby Sailplanes, Kirbymoorside. First flown 11/10/1957: On an unknown date during late-1957 this prototype glider flew into telephone wires near Sutton Bank and Slingsby's test pilot is believed to have escaped without injury. The glider suspended itself from the telephone wires and on seeing it perched there Mr Fred Slingsby named the glider the "Swallow"
Sold to Yorkshire G C, Sutton Bank. Crashed at Netheravon, Wiltshire 24/11/1963 and substantially damaged after the pilot suffered a heart attack in the air and died at the controls. John Reussner then rebuilt this prototype and it later carried the BGA registration BGA865 from October 1965.
Repaired/rebuilt and sold on to Scottish Gliding Union, 4/4/1969; Re-registered as BGA 966. Rebuilt by C Reussner as Reusnner Swift. As such written off in an accident 1/4/1978 at Portmoak Airfield, Kinross
Sources:
1. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/46-50/swallow.html
2. https://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/503615-spit-swallow-2.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t45.htm
4. http://www.bpg.flyer.co.uk/BGA.xls
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20161016191618/[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/menu/drop-index.h]tml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jan-2013 15:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2013 15:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration] |
| 16-Jul-2015 12:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2015 12:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
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