On 20th November 1981 this glider was involved in an accident at Sutton Bank but was later repaired.
Pilot - Mr John Conolly.
This glider was built by Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd at Kirkbymoorside and first registered to Vickers Ltd, London on 4th February 1971 but they only kept the ownership until 19th March 1971. Lawrence Hill of Horsforth, Leeds registered ownership on 7th April 1971 but he cancelled the registration on 29th June 1971. It was then purchased by Yorkshire Gliding Club (Pty) Ltd based at Sutton Bank and registered to them on 24th August 1971. It crashed on take off from Sutton Bank on 27th December 1977 and the registration G-AYSD was cancelled on 20th March 1978 by the CAA as aircraft was technically "destroyed". The wreckage was recovered and the glider was rebuilt. It crashed at Sutton Bank on 20th November 1981 and was again repaired. Between 1991 and 1995 Member of Parliament, Lembit Opik, owned the glider.
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