ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29555
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| Date: | Thursday 21 May 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX.1 |
| Owner/operator: | 161 GS ATC RAF |
| Registration: | WZ788 |
| MSN: | 784 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kenley, Whyteleafe, Surrey |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX.1 WZ788: Built to contract No.7419 at the Slingsby Sailplane factory at Ings Lane, near
Kirbymoorside, Yorks for Combined Cadet Force and Air Training Corps use as one of a batch of 62 Slingsby T.38 Grasshopper TX. Mk 1 Primary gliders, serial block WZ753-798.
A total of 115 Grasshoppers were built 1952-53, using reworked wings and tail surfaces from Air Training Corps Slingsby T-7 Cadet Mk.1 gliders and a new fuselage frame which was a simplified version of the German S.G.38 primary glider. The Grasshoppers were used for ground training and with a rubber bungee for ground slides or the occasional short hop only and were intended to develop a cadet's self discipline and leadership while introducing him to RAF procedures.
Delivered 9/9/1952. Struck off charge 21/5/1953 as CAT 5(s), presumably after accident, but details not yet known. Note that 21/5/1953 was the struck off charge date, and not necesarily the date of the accident.
Sources:
1. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WZ
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t38.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_Grasshopper
4. https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/1994-1349-A-Grasshopper-WZ791.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Glider_units
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Oct-2013 21:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2013 21:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Jan-2016 09:08 | Koumes | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Dec-2019 21:04 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2021 02:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2023 20:47 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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