found a photo copy of the article from the ATC gazette

The Hotspur was doing ditching trials. I think Robert Kronfield was involved along with Mike Maufe, who past away a few years ago. Mike was in the Vintage Glider Club and had a Slingsby Kirby Kite 1 ( which his son still has). He did a lot of work with the AFEE.

Dave

I use to have an article from the ATC Gaztte in the 1940’s about the Slingsby Falcon. I dont know if i still have it around. I believe it was towed up behind a speed boat. But what the tow rope was made from i have know idear.
Only the fuselage of the Water Falcon remains, the wing I am told are from a Tutor.

Dave

The Metal? hull may have been the Atalanta, My dad told me it was metal when we where looking at it in the early 1960’s. He may have been wrong I was only five in 1960, we looked at them many times. There where only two hulls there both where near each other about two housebouts between them from what I remember. My dad is a aircraft woodworker and is keeping a lot of the vintage glider club going.

Dave

Their is a photo of Southampton N9899 with broken wings on the slipway at Calshot 1926. In Chaz Bowyer’s book ‘The age of the Biplane’ pages 100-101.

Dave

I was told that the Hungerford Swallow has a lot of glue failure, by someone who was intrested in it. I have an old log book of BA Swallow G-AEMW some where in my archive’s.

Dave