The Surrey Gliding Club's Newbury Eon Type 5 Olympia 1 G-ALJZ/BGA562, photographed at Redhill in April 1951. Colour scheme was crimson overall with cream letters and trim.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Elliotts of Newbury Olympia / Type 10 EoN - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

The Surrey Gliding Club's Eon Type 5 Olympia G-ALKA/BGA537 at Redhill in August 1950. Certificated in September 1947, this sailplane survived until October 16, 1970 when it crashed at Sutton Bank. When with the Surrey club 'AK was painted green overall with light green trim and lettering.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Elliotts of Newbury Olympia / Type 10 EoN - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

Two-tone green Olympia G-ALLA/BGA509 was photographed at Redhill in May 1951. This sailplane was certificated in May 1947 and still exists.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Elliotts of Newbury Olympia / Type 10 EoN - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

Another Surrey Gliding Club Olympia, photographed at Redhill at the same period. In 1947 Olympias cost nearly £500. G-ALJY/BGA550 was doped crimson overall with cream letters and trim. It survived until October 13, 1962 when it crashed at Alcester.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Elliotts of Newbury Olympia / Type 10 EoN - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1947

Also snapped at Dunstable on the same occasion as Gull G-ALLC is Slingsby Type 30B Kirby Prefect G-ALPC/BGA625, owned then by the London Gliding Club and painted in the same blue colour scheme. Certificated in January 1949, ’PC is around to this day. The Prefect was an improved version of the Type 5 Grunau Baby. The type was used extensively by the ATC, by whom it was known as the Prefect TX Mk 1.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Slingsby T.21 Sedbergh / T.30 Prefect - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Grunau Baby IIB G-ALSO/BGA578 sits in the hot July sun at Dunstable in 1949. Designed in 1931 by Wolf Hirth and Edmund Schneider and built at Grunau near Berlin, the prototype Baby first flew in 1932. The parent company built nearly 800 Babies but thousands more were licence-built throughout Europe. This example was one of two built by Hawkridge Aircraft. Registered in December 1974, 'SO had a blue fuselage and silver wings. The lettering was blue on the wings and silver on the fuselage.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Schneider Grunau Baby - ГерманияGermany - 1931

Snapped at Dunstable in June 1949 is the very pretty Slingsby Type 12 Gull 1 G-ALLC/ BGA380. Owned by the resident London Gliding Club and painted pale blue overall with dark blue lettering, ’LC was first certificated in December 1938 and was still extant in the early Fifties. The first prototype Gull 1 was first flown in April 1938.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Slingsby T.12 / T.14 / T.15 Gull - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938

The historic Abbott-Baynes Auxiliary G-ALJR/BGA283 was basically a Scud III fitted with a retractable 250 c.c. Villiers two-stroke engine. It is seen here at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Garden Party, held at White Waltham in May 1950. In 1953 the Auxiliary was converted into a glider, and it survives today. Colour scheme in 1950 was cream overall with black lettering.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Carden-Baynes Auxiliary - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1935