Slingsby T-7 Kirby Cadet (BGA.272?) glider at Sutton Bank gliding site.
Between 1st and 14th August 1937 the Yorkshire Gliding Club ran their annual instruction camp at Sutton Bank which allowed for novice glider pilots to come for the duration and learn to fly, leaving with their gliding certificates. A barbed wire fence had been erected on the edge of the landing area to attempt to prevent members of the public getting on to the flying site. On Monday, 2nd August 1937 during one of the flights unfortunately the pilot of a Slingsby Cadet misjudged his approach to land and landed on the fence, the glider received damage to the tail and one of the wings. The tail was broken and came to rest under the wing. The Yorkshire Gliding Club had two Kirby Cadets at the time; BGA.272 was received on 25th July 1936 and BGA.294 they received in July 1937. It is unlikely that a novice pilot flew the brand new glider so BGA.272 was probably the glider's identity.
Pilot - Foster.
He goes onto recount that the Yorkshire Gliding Club then obtained another Cadet, that was non-standard. Their gliders were damaged several times by a 6ft8 tall pilot, Lt Culley, getting in and out.
In the Winter 1985 Vintage Glider Club newsletter Harold Holdsworth recounts his memories of the early Slingsby Cadet at Sutton Bank. He states that prototype was initially sold to the Midland Gliding Club who then sold it to the Yorkshire Gliding Club. He then goes on to state that the glider was damaged when it crashed into a wall landing at Sutton Bank that broke a strut. It was repaired and later was badly damaged in crashing through a barbed wire perimeter fence on landing at Sutton Bank (which was later removed). This later crash is probably the incident on 2nd August 1937 but when the first occurred is not known.