X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Slingsby


Slingsby

Slingsby Aviation, formerly Slingsby Sailplanes, a manufacturer of gliders and other aircraft

Slingsby Channel, a strait in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada


Cyril Lemprière

Initially he rented the premises from the Slingsby family of Scriven but, in 1916, he purchased the house and land adjacent.

Mary Slingsby

In Henry VI, Part I, with the Murder of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, adapted by John Crowne from Shakespeare, and acted in 1681, the part of Queen Margaret was assigned to Lady Slingsby.

Operation Sigma Sigma

Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd. soon went into receivership after the disastrous fire so the remaining prototype Sigma Type C was relocated to the British European Airways workshops at London Heathrow Airport (LHR).

Operation Sigma Ltd. was formed, attracting sponsorship from Hawker Siddeley and assistance from eminent aerodynamicists, and construction of a prototype was started at the Slingsby Kirbymoorside factory.

Reginald Foster Dagnall

The Dagling was continued in production by the Slingsby glider company as the Slingsby Primary.

Slingsby Aviation

After repairing some of the club's gliders, Slingsby's business built its first aircraft, a German designed RRG Falke which flew in 1931.

Slingsby baronets

The Baronetcy of Slingsby of Scriven was created firstly on 23 October 1628 for Anthony Slingsby, Governor of Zutphen, Netherlands.

Slingsby Channel

The Fox Islands, which lie in its entrance, Bramham Island and the channel itself, plus Slingsby Rock and Slingsby Point, are named in association with Bramham Park, the Yorkshire home of George Lane-Fox.

Slingsby Eagle

This aircraft was destroyed after a mid-air collision with a Slingsby Type 34 Sky near Lasham, Hants on 14 June 1958.

Tom Slingsby

In December 2013 Slingsby is a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with his other celebrity crew members, Karl Stefanovic, Larry Emdur, Phil Waugh, Jude Bolton and Guillaume Brahimi.


see also