Slingsby T 50 Skylark 4 BGA 1019 coded "BKA" - this glider was built in 1962 and is exempt from taking up one of the new CAA "G-" registrations. Behind is based tug Scheibe SF25C Falke G-KWAK.
G-CFTN is a Schleicher K8B built in 1961 and operated in Germany as D-8539 before being imported into the UK in 1989 becoming BGA 3515 - this is based at Halesland with the Mendip Gliding Club.External Link to The Mendip Gliding club website
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I am the pilot walking alongside the K8 - tango november. It has no doubt got plenty of history, and like every K8 of that age, has probably been bent a few times!! It is however an absolute joy to fly and is a very forgiving aircraft, you would have to be a real loony to get yourself in to trouble with it! The real problem with it is penetration in a headwind, and it is not unusual to find yourself flying backwards on a choppy day.
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