Gliding at RAF Swinderby

East Midlands GC was based at Swinderby from May 1956 to March 1976. There were also two civilian clubs flying there for a short time – Lincolnshire GC in the mid-1960s and Witham GC in the mid-1970s.

I flew there in July,1967 in KA-7 “353” with Mr Marshall,and T-21 “212” with canopy. The winch cable used old Martin-Baker drogue chutes. I can remember a cable break and a large length of cable and chute drifting across the busy A46 to safely land the other side. My father used to aero-tow the gliders with a RAF Chipmunk borrowed from Cranwell,and he would hop across to Waddington to re-fuel. Would also fit in tows at Spitalgate and Hemswell as well.

The following gliders were flown by East Midlands GC at Swinderby:

SHK RAFGSA 27
Oly 1 RAFGSA 103
T.25 Gull RAFGSA 219
T.21B RAFGSA 250
EON Baby RAFGSA 255
K6E RAFGSA 263
Oly 2B RAFGSA 291
T.43 Skylark RAFGSA 243
K8B RAFGSA 335

I am sure that there are others

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T21 Swinderby 1963, also operated a Grunau, a Kranich and several others

All i can find is RAF Swinderby is RAFGSA / East Midland Glinding Club.

Dave