King O Muirs Farm
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KING O'MUIRS FARM: Gliding site (Aka TULLIBODY)
Note: The first picture was obtained from Google Earth ©. The local area and area views are from my Google Earth © derived database.
Operated by: Central Scotland Air Yachting Club
Location: Just N of the B9140, about 1.25nm ENE of Tullibody, around 5nm ENE of Stirling city centre
Period of operation: Unknown? Possibly used in the 1920s? Certainly in the early 1930s.
NOTES: We have Mr Graham Frost, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for pointing out this location. It appears that the Stirling Gliding Club, formed in June 1930, was remamed as the Central Scotland Air Yachting Club and commenced operations here in September 1931 using a Dickson Primary glider which they soon crashed. The rebuild took nine months and a nacelle was added.
It appears that they flew on the 18th and 19th June June 1932 but crashed it again the following weekend, which curtailed the club's activities for good.
The glider they used was a single-seat design by Roger S Dickson, more commonly known as the Cloudcraft Dickson glider produced in kit form by the Cloudcraft Glider Co, in Southampton who also offered plans for those wishing to build their own machines. It seems that around thirty were built from plans?
An advert claimed that over 100 examples were flying in the early 1930s, both in the U.K., but also in the U.S.A., Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
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