VGC Archive

Introduction

The Vintage Glider Club Archive is currently stored in secure rooms within Windrushers Gliding Club at RAF Bicester, in Oxfordshire, UK. The Archive is under the control of the VGC Archivist who is assisted by a small sub-committee of VGC Members.

Contents

The Archive consists of Drawings, Design Documentation and Design Records including Flight Test reports and Manuals for mostly UK designed and manufactured Gliders produced by companies such as Elliots of Newbury, Slingsby etc. It is the largest collection of manufacturer's design and production information for British Gliders in the world.

Additionally the Archive houses various personal collections of Gliding memorabilia and photographs

The Archive also holds a huge photographic archive which consists of in excess of 5000 photgraphs, movie film CDs and DVDs from various sources. This will eventually be put online on this website so it can be available to members.