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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2696/SH/11/8
TitlePhotographs of the flight, in Quarndon, of the first Derby-built glider
Date1930
Extent4 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorSanderson & Holmes of Derby (1923-c1970), coach builders/motor car body builders
Administrative HistoryThe glider was built by Sanderson and Holmes and designed by Mr E. J. Clark of the Derby Aero Club for the owners Roland Toft (1903-1978) and George Crompton. The glider was destroyed three years later when it crashed having flown from high ground overlooking Brassington. As the pilot Toft suffered broken ribs.
Administrative History SourcesD2696/SH/16/1 Newscuttings
FormatPhotographic
Related MaterialSee D2696/SH/1/1 p. 119 for reference to the gliders in the directors' minutes and D2696/SH/16/1 for related newscuttings [c1970]
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Photographs of the flight, in Quarndon, of the first Derby-built glider

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