The story of Essex & Suffolk - Lakes Gliding Club

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Seen behind another of Tony Sutton's vans and the landing Cadet isthe Dolly onto which the glider was lifted to tow it back to the launch point.A member who didn't attend often, Jim Appleby, had a heavy landingin the Cadet. He went through the seat leaving him with splintered plywoodin his bottom. He had to drop his trousers for members to remove thesplinters and were left with a written off glider.When they told Percy that the club was finished, he asked "Why?""No money, it wasn't insured" they said."Don't worry" said Percy "You didn't know but I personally insured itfor you".Percy only flew it once, a perfect launch, a perfect circuit, a perfectlanding.1965.Tragically, Percy Hatfield was killed on a crop-spraying sortie in
Chapter 2. Gliding GroupsOn the fold of the 1963 Airmap, Boxted is seen four miles North ofColchester, as one of a number of disused airfields.-f;^
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