Wingspan 17 m First flight 1961 | Length 7.72 m Manufacturer Slingsby Aviation | |
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The Slingsby T.49 Capstan is a British two-seat glider of the 1960s built by Slingsby Sailplanes as a replacement for their earlier Type 42 Eagle. It is a high-winged monoplane of wooden construction, the last two-seat wooden glider built by Slingsby, intended for both training and general club flying. Side-by-side seats for the two pilots are accommodated in an enclosed cockpit with a one-piece perspex canopy. The prototype T.49A first flew in 1961, and it entered production as the T.49B in 1963. Thirty-four Capstans were built, one of which was fitted with an auxiliary engine with the designation T.49C Powered Capstan.
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Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume IIJane's All The World's Aircraft 1969
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