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Shenington Gliding Club, the Glossary

Shenington Gliding Club is a British gliding club near the village of Shenington in the Cotswolds, seven miles north west of Banbury.^[1]

18 relations: Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust, Avro Anson, Banbury, Cotswolds, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Gliding, Gloster E.28/39, Hawker Hurricane, List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units, Miles Martinet, Motor glider, No. 1 Flying Training School RAF, RAF Cranwell, Royal Air Force, Schleicher ASK 13, Schleicher K 8, Shenington, Vickers Wellington.
Gliding in England
Organisations based in Oxfordshire

Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust

The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT), founded 2006, is a non-profit organisation that works to preserve and protect airfields in Great Britain, as well as educating people about their history.

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Avro Anson

The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro.

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Banbury

Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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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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Gloster E.28/39

The Gloster E.28/39, (also referred to as the Gloster Whittle, Gloster Pioneer, or Gloster G.40) was the first British turbojet-engined aircraft first flying in 1941.

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Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

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List of Royal Air Force Operational Training Units

Royal Air Force Operational Training Units (OTUs) were training units that prepared aircrew for operations on a particular type or types of aircraft or roles.

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Miles Martinet

The Miles M.25 Martinet was a target tug aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Fleet Air Arm (FAA) that was in service during the Second World War.

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Motor glider

A motor glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with or without engine power.

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No. 1 Flying Training School RAF

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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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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Schleicher ASK 13

The ASK 13 is a two-seater glider that was built by German sailplane manufacturer Alexander Schleicher Gmbh & Co.

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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 in Germany.

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Shenington

Shenington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shenington with Alkerton, in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England.

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Vickers Wellington

The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenington_Gliding_Club

Also known as RAF Edgehill.