The Scott Light Aircraft Ltd of Dunstable, UK, built four Viking 1 during 1938/39. The first flew at Dunstable on 6 November 1938. Of wood construction, they feature a cantilever wing, fitted with spoilers and variable droop ailerons. They were priced at £265 ex-works. The outbreak of WW2 in Sept 1939 ceased production.
The third built, c/n 114 Registration marks BGA 416, G-ALRD, AHU, survived. History Bought new by W.E. Filmer of the Southdown GC in 1939, flew in the 1939 Camphill Nationals.
Believed to have been stored during WW2 and thus was never in RAF/ATC ownership. Passed to the ownership of R.D. Dickson in 1948.
Bought by the Coventry GC in 1951 and then to Lou Glover in 1962 who owned it for 40 years before selling it to Mike Beach in 2001. Sold to Willem den Baars in May 2004 and acquired by the GHC in August 2015.
Notable flights: The logbook starts in 1948. We know it went to 15,000 ft in wave at Sutton Bank, otherwise no details. Was at the 1972 Firle Beacon meeting which commemorated the famous 1922 Itford Hill event. Also at the Sept 1999 Percy Pilcher memorial meeting close to Husbands Bosworth.
Major restorations in 1948 and 1960 and the last, including recovering, in 1992 done by Lou Glover. The last C of A expired 19th Sept 2012. The Viking flew at Lasham for the first time on Sunday 15th May 2016 flown by Gary Pullen.
Owned by the Gliding Heritage Centre, Lasham, following funds being raised for its purchase by a substantial number of Vintage Gliding Club members.
Wing span: 15.54 m / 51 ft 0 in
Length: 6.05 m / 19 ft 10 in
Wing area: 15.89 sq.m / 171 sq.ft
Aspect ratio: 15.4
Empty weight: 167.83 kg / 370 lb
AUW: 245 kg / 540 lb
Wing loading: 15.38 kg/sq.m / 3.15 lb/sq.ft
Max L/D: 20
Min sink: 0.76 m/sec at 53 kph / 2.5 f/sec at 33 mph
Undercarriage: main and tail skid
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