Schleicher ASW17 26
Schleicher ASW17 26, on the grid at a gliding competition in the UK. This aircraft, owned by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association (RAFGSA) was flown to victory in seferal World Gliding Championships in the late 1970s, by George Lee. George Lee also had the distinction of scoring the highest ever hit percentage on an air-to-air gunnery target, with 98%; an extraordinary feat, considering he was flying a Phantom, with an SUU-23 gun pod on the centre-line pylon, which was notoriously inaccurate
Picture No
13450670
Media ID
47796399
Size
5433px x 2986px
(2.7MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
unattributed photographer - original negative
Date
circa 1982
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