This work describes every Slingsby sailplane and glider from the British Falcon of 1931 to the last motorless aircraft produced - the Vega. Each type is illustrated with a full-page three-view drawing, with photographs and text outlining the background to the design. The drawings are based on the original workshop plans. Slingsby was for 40 years the main, and for most of the time only, producer of gliders and sailplanes in Britain. The company was one of the first to use glass-fibre reinforced plastics in production ...
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This work describes every Slingsby sailplane and glider from the British Falcon of 1931 to the last motorless aircraft produced - the Vega. Each type is illustrated with a full-page three-view drawing, with photographs and text outlining the background to the design. The drawings are based on the original workshop plans. Slingsby was for 40 years the main, and for most of the time only, producer of gliders and sailplanes in Britain. The company was one of the first to use glass-fibre reinforced plastics in production aircraft as early as 1953 and carbon-fibre composite materials for main structural members.
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Very Good. Very Good Jacket. Size: 25 to 30 cm tall, Quarto, (4to); The copyright page has First Published by Airlife in 1996. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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Good in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 256pp; numerous illustrations; pictorial grey d/j in clear plastic covering; price clipped; blue title to spine.
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Good++ in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket with lightly edgeworn with a few minor handling-marks, but is overall clean and glossy, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light overall wear to the boards, but with a 2" scuff/scratch to the front board; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Silver dust jacket with airplane photos and title in purple lettering; 1996, Airlife Publishing; 256 pages; "Slingsby Sailplanes, " by Martin Simons.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light overall wear to the boards with minor edgewear; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be stored and delivered in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75"-12.75" tall); Silver dust jacket with airplane photos and title in purple lettering; 1996, Airlife Publishing; 256 pages; "Slingsby Sailplanes, " by Martin Simons.
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Good++ in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket has moderate edge-scuffing with small edge-tears, otherwise is clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Clean boards with minor edgewear; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75"-12.75" tall); Silver dust jacket with airplane photos and title in purple lettering; 1996, Airlife Publishing; 256 pages; "Slingsby Sailplanes, " by Martin Simons.
