Slingsby Type 50, Skylark 4 production list


Final development of the Skylark series, with a new streamlined fuselage.
Wings and tail based on the Skylark 3G.



Ser No. Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Remarks

1326 BGA 1019 EI-117 BGA 1019 First flown 24.3.62. Lasham as "BKA"

1331 BGA 1043

Milfield - "BLA"

1332 BGA 1044 I-TATA HB-1348 BGA 1044; wing failed in flight, Feshiebridge 28.9.81

1333 BGA 1045

Weston-on-the-Green - “BLC"

1335 BGA 1047 RNGSA 1-228 BGA 1047 Sutton Bank - "BLE"

1338 BGA 1050 RAFGSA 305 BGA 1050 Rufforth - "BLH"

1339 BGA 1060

Crashed on winch launch, Halesland 9.6.94

1342 BGA 1063

Feshiebridge - "BLW"

1343 CF-OUO C-FOUO N70TN National Soaring Museum, Elmira, New York

1344 BGA 1064 ZK-GCP
Matamata, NZ

1345 BGA 1065 LV-EHG
Crashed on aerotow, Junín

1346 BGA 1066

Lasham - "BLZ"

1347 BGA 1067

Broke up in cloud near Lasham 16.6.78

1348 BGA 1068

Crashed on approach, Marchington 18.6.86

1349 BGA 1069

Struck by lightning & broke up, near Easingwold, Yorks. 6.5.66

1352 BGA 1082 ZK-GCU
Crashed, Hobsonville 24.1.81

1356 BGA 1086 ZK-GCV
Crashed, Wendon, near Gore 9.11.70

1357 BGA 1087

Chipping - "BMW"

1358 BGA 1088 RAFGSA 308 BGA 1088 Lasham - "739"

1359 N7997A

Midlothian, Texas

1360 BGA 1123

Crashed on launch, Challock 26.3.97

1361 BGA 1089

For restoration, South Wales

1362 BGA 1100

Weston-on-the-Green - "BNK"

1364 SE-SZW BGA 1220
Long Mynd - "BTK"

1365 CF-OZX N63SL
Farmington, NC, USA

1366 BGA 1103

Shenington - "BNN"

1367 BGA 1102

Falgunzeon - "BNM"

1368 BGA 1104

Shenington - "BNP/653"

1369 BGA 1105

Shenington - stored

1371 HB-748 HA-6001
Dunaújváros, Hungary

1372 HB-739 BGA 2098
Destroyed by fire, Snitterfield 24/25.1.93

1374 N337Y C-GDXN
Nova Scotia - stored

1375 BGA 1095

Lasham - "BNE"

1376 BGA 1108 RAFGSA 321 BGA 1108 Crashed on landing, Lasham 24.6.90

1378 CF-OZH C-FOZH N2403P Tehachapi, California - to fly in 2009

1380 N74876

Wenatchee, WA

1381 BGA 1124

Crowland - “BPK”

1382 BGA 1114 VH-GTB
Under restoration for Australian Gliding Museum

1383 BGA 1115

Odiham - stored

1384 BGA 1116 RNGSA BGA 1116 Collision with Ventus cT BGA 3295, Lasham 26.4.04

1385 HB-744 N256JB N998 C-GCUM, Deep River, Ontario

1389 BGA 1117

Ringmer - "BPC"

1391 BGA 1119

Shipdham - "T50"

1393 BGA 1121

Long Mynd - "741"

1396 N135G C-GFAI
Warner, Alberta

1398 CF-PNU C-FPNU
Status unknown

1401 HB-767

Segelfluggruppe Thun

1403 BGA 1137

Spun on launch, Dallachy 19.4.87

1406 BGA 1138

Stored near Swindon

1409 BGA 1161

Wrecked 4.1.81

1416 BGA 1162

Shenington - "BQZ"

1419 BGA 1168

Dunstable - "904"

1422 BGA 1189

Keevil - "BSC"

1428 BGA 1192

Crashed, Challock 11.6.71

1436 BGA 1193

Llantisilio - "BSG"

1443 BGA 1202

Portmoak - "BSR"

1444 BGA 1194

Wattisham - "BSH"

1447 N415S

Corning, Iowa

1448 BGA 1209

For restoration - "BSY"

1455 HB-812 BGA 3601
Withdrawn from use and burned

1460 BGA 1210

Challock - "BSZ"

1468 BGA 1239 RNGSA 103 BGA 1239 Seighford - "BUE"







FMD 34 ZK-GCY

Kit built by F M Dunn. Taranaki

FMD 36 ZK-GDE VH-XJU
Kit built by F M Dunn. Stored awaiting restoration, Queensland, Australia

FMD 46 ZK-GDM

Kit built by F M Dunn

BS-001 BGA 2881

Built by C Almack; Parham - "ERB"


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