Année du premier vol (ou de design, si seul projet)
1947
Pays
Angleterre
Designer(s)
ZANDER, Eric Paul & BOLTON, Harry E.
Premier constructeur
Hawkridge Aircraft Ltd., Dunstable (UK)
Type d'appareil
Planeur
Fonction
Entraînement
SPÉCIFICATIONS TECHNIQUES
Envergure
16.76 m
Longueur
7.42 m
Hauteur
--
Allongement
--
Surface alaire
--
Profil aile
--
Masse à vide
--
Masse maxi
--
Charge alaire
--
Vitesse mini
--
Vitesse maxi
--
Finesse maxi
Taux de chute mini
--
Nb sièges
2
Structure
Bois et toile
VH-GDU en exposition au Narromine Aviation Museum (Nouvelle Galle du Sud, Australie) [Narromine Aviation Museum Newsletter] [British gliders and sailplanes]
AUTRES INFORMATIONS
Constructeur(s)
Constructeur
Construits
Hawkridge Aircraft Ltd., Dunstable (UK)
1
Dubbo Gliding Club, Dubbo (NSW, Australia) Construit par ce club sur les plans fournis par Hawkdrige Ltd.
1
Nombre total de constructions
2
Infos techniques
Biplace côte à côte. Équipé de spoilers sur l'extrados des ailes.
Histoire résumée
Hawkridge Aircraft Ltd was founded in 1945 by Eric Paul ZANDER (formerly of Dart Aircraft) and Harry E BOLTON, initially with an office in London and a small workshop at Bolton's home in Denham. They later moved to a small factory in Dunstable, close to the home of the London Gliding Club, with the aim of servicing and building gliders. The Venture was the only aircraft they both designed and built. The only Venture built by Hawkridge was registered as G-ALMF and then as BGA 688. It ended its career with the Lakes Gliding Club at Tebay where it crashed on 22 July 1962.
Another Venture was built in Australia by the Dubbo Gliding Club in 1953 from plans supplied by Hawkridge. This aircraft, registered VH-GDU, was with the Orange Gliding Club of New South Wales in about 1970. In 2010 it was held by the Narromine Aviation Museum, not far from Dubbo.
Liens personnalités
Pas de personnalité associée.
Exemplaires existants
Immatriculé : VH-GDU (En exposition), localisation : Narromine Aviation Museum (NSW, Australia)
Newsletter of the Narromine Aviation Museum, n° 2 mars 2005. Note + photo (cockpit)
Sailplane and Gliding, octobre 1962 p 360-361. Note sur l'accident du Venture du Lakes Gliding Club.
Sailplane and Glider, décembre 1949. Publicité de Hawkridge Ltd.
Australian Gliding Museum Newsletter n° 20. Photo
