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Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association

Index Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association

The Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association is a British organisation which provides recreational flying in gliders to RAF personnel. [1]

33 relations: Air Training Corps, Bicester Airfield, De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, Glider (sailplane), Gliding, Gliding competition, Grob G 109, Grob G102 Astir, Piper PA-25 Pawnee, RAF Cosford, RAF Cranwell, RAF Detling, RAF Halton, RAF Keevil, RAF Marham, RAF Odiham, RAF Second Tactical Air Force, Rolladen-Schneider LS8, Royal Air Force, Scheibe Falke, Schempp-Hirth Discus, Schempp-Hirth Discus-2, Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus, Schempp-Hirth Janus, Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2, Schleicher ASK 13, Schleicher ASK 18, Schleicher ASK 21, Schleicher K 8, Slingsby Falke, Slingsby Prefect, Slingsby T.21, Windrushers Gliding Club.

Air Training Corps

The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force.

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Bicester Airfield

Bicester Aerodrome, formerly RAF Bicester, is an airfield on the outskirts of the English town of Bicester in Oxfordshire.

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De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk

The de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk is a tandem, two-seat, single-engined primary trainer aircraft developed and manufactured by Canadian aircraft manufacturer de Havilland Canada.

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Glider (sailplane)

A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding.

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Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne.

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Gliding competition

Some of the pilots in the sport of gliding take part in gliding competitions.

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Grob G 109

The Grob G109 is a light aircraft developed by Grob Aircraft AG of Mindelheim Mattsies in Germany.

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Grob G102 Astir

The G102 Astir is a single seat glassfibre Standard Class sailplane, designed by Burkhart Grob and built by Grob Aircraft.

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Piper PA-25 Pawnee

The PA-25 Pawnee was an agricultural aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft between 1959 and 1981.

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RAF Cosford

Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford (formerly DCAE Cosford) is a Royal Air Force station in Cosford, Shropshire, just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton.

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RAF Cranwell

Royal Air Force Cranwell or more simply RAF Cranwell is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford.

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RAF Detling

RAF Detling was a station of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in World War I and the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War.

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RAF Halton

Royal Air Force Halton or more simply RAF Halton is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom, located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.

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RAF Keevil

Royal Air Force Station Keevil or more simply RAF Keevil is a former Royal Air Force station located between the villages of Keevil and Steeple Ashton, about east of the town of Trowbridge, in Wiltshire, England.

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RAF Marham

Royal Air Force Marham, or more simply RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station and military airbase near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia.

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RAF Odiham

Royal Air Force Odiham or more simply RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the historic village of Odiham in Hampshire, England.

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RAF Second Tactical Air Force

The RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force (RAF) during and after the Second World War.

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Rolladen-Schneider LS8

The Rolladen-Schneider LS8 is a Standard and 18 metre class single-seat glider developed by Rolladen-Schneider and in series production since 1995.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Scheibe Falke

The Scheibe SF-25 Falke (Falcon) is a German touring motor glider developed from the earlier Bergfalke glider by Scheibe Flugzeugbau.

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Schempp-Hirth Discus

The Schempp-Hirth Discus is a Standard Class glider designed by Schempp-Hirth.

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Schempp-Hirth Discus-2

The Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 is a Standard Class sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1998.

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Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus

The Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus is a high-performance two-seat glider primarily designed for fast cross-country flying, including gliding competitions.

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Schempp-Hirth Janus

The Schempp-Hirth Janus is a high performance two-seat glider that was built by Schempp-Hirth GmbH.

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Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2

The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1994.

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Schleicher ASK 13

The ASK 13 is a two-seater glider that was built by Alexander Schleicher.

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Schleicher ASK 18

The Schleicher ASK 18 is a single-seat sailplane that was built by the German manufacturer Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.

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Schleicher ASK 21

The ASK 21 is a glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) two-seater mid-wing glider aircraft with a T-tail.

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Schleicher K 8

The Schleicher K 8 (also known as Ka-8) is a single-seat glider designed by Rudolf Kaiser and built by the Alexander Schleicher company of Germany.

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Slingsby Falke

The Slingsby Type 61 Falke was a licence-built version of the Scheibe SF 25B Motor glider built by Slingsby Sailplanes.

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Slingsby Prefect

The Slingsby T.30 Prefect is a 1948 British modernisation of the 1932 single-seat Grunau Baby glider.

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Slingsby T.21

The Slingsby T.21 is an open-cockpit, side-by-side two-seat glider, built by Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd and first flown in 1944.

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Windrushers Gliding Club

Windrushers Gliding Club is a gliding club flying from Bicester Airfield in Oxfordshire, where it moved to from Little Rissington in 1956, later merging with the Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association.The club was reformed as a separate entity in July 2004 Sailplane & Gliding, Aug-Sept 2004, p51 after the RAFGSA moved to RAF Halton.Within a year of reforming, it hosted the UK Junior National Championship and its own Regional championship.

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Redirects here:

RAFGSA, Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Gliding_%26_Soaring_Association

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