Registration / Serial:BGA3705
Alternate Registration:GBP
Aircraft Original Type:Schleicher ASK-21
Aircraft Generic Type:Schleicher ASK-21
Aircraft Version:Schleicher ASK-21...
C/n (msn):21150
Operator Titles:London Gliding Club
City / Airport:Dunstable DownsMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 May 1992
Photo by:Tony HutchingsContact
Photo ID:447997Submit Correction
View count: 108
This Glider was destroyed in flight by what was later established by aircraft accident investigators to have been the most powerful recorded lighting strike to have hit an aircraft in the UK. (1999-04-17). The pilot and passenger (on an air experience birthday gift flight) both successfully parachuted to safety near Leighton Buzzard.
Registration / Serial:BGA3705
Alternate Registration:GBP
Aircraft Version:Schleicher ASK-21...
C/n (msn):21150
Operator Titles:London Gliding Club
City / Airport:Dunstable DownsMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 May 1992
Photo by:Tony HutchingsContact
Registration / Serial:BGA3705
Alternate Registration:GBP
Aircraft Original Type:Schleicher ASK-21
Aircraft Generic Type:Schleicher ASK-21
Aircraft Version:Schleicher ASK-21...
C/n (msn):21150
Operator Titles:London Gliding Club
City / Airport:Dunstable DownsMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 May 1992
Photo by:Tony HutchingsContact
Photo ID:447997Submit Correction
View count: 108
This Glider was destroyed in flight by what was later established by aircraft accident investigators to have been the most powerful recorded lighting strike to have hit an aircraft in the UK. (1999-04-17). The pilot and passenger (on an air experience birthday gift flight) both successfully parachuted to safety near Leighton Buzzard.
Registration / Serial:BGA3705
Alternate Registration:GBP
Aircraft Version:Schleicher ASK-21...
C/n (msn):21150
Operator Titles:London Gliding Club
City / Airport:Dunstable DownsMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:17 May 1992
Photo by:Tony HutchingsContact