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The Gliding Heritage Centre (GHC) is a collection of vintage gliders based at Lasham Airfield, Hampshire, UK.[1][2][3]

Gliding Heritage Centre
Manuel Crested Wren on display
LocationLasham Airfield, Hampshire
TypeAviation museum
Websitewww.glidingheritage.org.uk

Origins


Christopher Wills, the son of Philip Wills, founded the Vintage Glider Club in 1973. He died on 4 May 2011 but left a bequest of £100,000 to build a hangar to house vintage gliders plus his Steinadler. A group of enthusiasts decided to create a Gliding Heritage Centre which could be visited by members of the public in a building called The Chris Wills Memorial Hangar. It is a registered charity No 1148972.[4]

After raising more money and with much volunteer work, the first hangar was opened on the 4th August 2013 during the 41st International Vintage Glider Club rally that was held at Lasham that year. Further fund raising allowed the building of a second hangar to house the ever increasing collection of gliders. Hangar 2 was officially opened on 25 August 2018.[1]

A dedicated workshop is almost complete following a further bequest from Trish Williams. This will allow some of the aircraft in the collection to remain airworthy, as well as restoration and conservation of the rest of the fleet. The workshop will be used for the teaching of the skills required to restore and repair wooden gliders, as these skills are becoming increasingly scarce. It is planned to add a viewing area in the workshop to allow the public to see work that is being done.[1]


Collection


Public tours of the museum were scheduled at 2:00 every Sunday with the starting point in the club-house of Lasham Gliding Society, but COVID-19 has caused a suspension.[1]

Type Manufacturer Date
Scud-IAbbott-Baynes (Replica)1931
Scud-IIAbbott-Baynes1935
Scud IIIAbbott-Baynes1936
Clarke Chanute[5]TWK Clarke & Co1910
EoN BabyElliotts of Newbury1949
EoN EtonElliotts of Newbury1951
Olympia 2bElliotts of Newbury1958
Olympia 460Elliotts of Newbury1960
Olympia 463Elliotts of Newbury1965
Grunau BabyHersteller Flugzeugbau1952
Lo 100Wolf Hirth1953
JSH Scorpion[6][7]J. Halford1977
WeiheJacobs Schweyer1943
Kaiser Ka3Kaiser1958
DroneKronfeld Ltd1936
TG-4Laister-Kaufmann1942
Spalinger S-21hJ. Lemp1943
Willow WrenManuel1932
HawkManuel1969
Crested WrenManuel1986
Steinadler MG19AOberlerchner1955
Colditz CockReplica2000
MU13-DScheibe1957
Zugvogel 3bScheibe1963
Zugvogel 3bScheibe1964
Bergfalk 55 - IIScheibe1963
KA 6ESchleicher1968
Scott Viking 1Scott Light Aviation1938
Gull-IIISlingsby1939
GrasshopperSlingsby1953
GrasshopperSlingsby1962
T8 TutorSlingsby1946
Prefect T30ASlingsby1948
Prefect T30BSlingsby1958
Skylark 2Slingsby1955
Skylark 3bSlingsby1959
Skylark 3fSlingsby1961
Dart 15Slingsby1964
SwallowSlingsby1967
Foka 4SZD Poland1963
YS 53Yorkshire Sailplanes1974
Zlín Z-24[8]Zlin1946

Other gliders in private ownership are also made available to the collection from time to time.


See also



References


  1. "GHC Home page". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. "List of aviation museums". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. "British Gliding Association". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. "Charity Commission". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. "RAF Museum's description" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. "ABPic Photo library". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. "All-Aero.com web site". Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  8. Bezouska, Paul (2007). "Zlín - The success story of the Moravian aircraft manufacturer". Fliegerrevue Extra. Möller (19): 29. ISSN 0941-889X.


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