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PHOTO AEROPLANE SLINGSBY T.31 CADET TX.3 'XA310' (BGA4963) C/N 852. BUILT 1953 AND NOW OPERATED BY THE 621VGS HISTORIC FLIGHT. ON STATIC DISPLAY AT THE 2016 ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATTOO (RIAT) FAIRFORD UK. FRIDAY 8TH JULY 2016 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM THE EXCELLENT 621VGS WEBSITE:- 'THE TX3 WAS THE BACKBONE OF THE WOODEN GLIDER FLEET NOT SUITED TO SOARING IT WAS PERFECT FOR BASHING THE CIRCUIT AND TRAINED MANY THOUSANDS OF AIR CADETS TO SOLO STANDARD. XA310 IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL AS IT WAS DELIVERED TO 87 GLIDING SCHOOL WESTON SUPER MARE ON 18 MARCH 1953. 87 GS BECAME 621 VOLUNTEER GLIDING SCHOOL WHERE XA310 SPENT ITS ENTIRE SERVICE CAREER SO IT IS PARTICULARLY FITTING TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THIS AIRFRAME AS PART OF THE 621 VGS HISTORIC FLIGHT. NOW OWNED BY A P STACEY XA310 IS ON LONG TERM LOAN AND HAS BEEN OPERATED WITH THE FLIGHT SINCE 2011.' COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSOPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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