| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | BGA4947 |
| Other Marks: | KAX |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Glaser-Dirks DG-500 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | AMS Flight DG-505 |
| Aircraft Version: | AMS Flight DG-505 Orion |
| C/n (msn): | 5E229X67 |
| Operator Titles: | Faulkes Flying Foundation |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | RufforthMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 19 June 2005 |
| Photo by: | Malcolm Clarke |
| Photo ID: | 96573 |
| Photo Comment |
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The latest acquisition operated by the York Gliding Club. A two seater with removable winglets allowing both cross country and aerobatic flying. Fitted with computerised instrumentation and GPS navigation, it has a glide ratio of 40 - from one mile high it is capable of gliding 40 miles. This photo is copyright © Malcolm Clarke, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 23 October 2018, and has since been viewed 159 times. |