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The excellent book Sailplanes 1920 - 1945 by Martin Simons includes an excellent write-up, photos and scale drawings of this glider.  A quote from the book, "At hundreds of small gliding schools the 2B became the standard intermediate sailplane.  Whatever the numbers before, the production figures of the GB 2B ran into thousands.  Harry Schneider, son of Edmund, estimated about 4000 to 5000 Grunau Babies were built, worldwide.  Wolf Hirth suggested twice these numbers.  The exact total is not known but (excluding the innumerable primary trainers) there is no doubt that more of the Grunau Baby were built than any other type of sailplane before or since."

The excellent book Sailplanes 1920 - 1945 by Martin Simons includes an excellent write-up, photos and scale drawings of this glider.  A quote from the book, "The Kirby Kadet was produced by Slingsby as a trainer just one step better than the primary Dagling, capable of soaring well enough for inexperienced pilots to gain their 'C' badges.  The Kadet came up to expectations.  Over 430 were built altogether, the most numerous of all British gliders."

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The excellent book Sailplanes 1945 - 1965 by Martin Simons includes an excellent write-up, photo and scale drawings of this glider.  A quote from the book, "The T-21 was in most respects an enlarged Grunau Baby.  The two seats were side by side in the open cockpit.  Instructors generally preferred this arrangement because it enabled them to converse normally with the student and observe facial expressions.  That there was some inescapable drag penalty hardly mattered in a trainer.  The small windscreens were very effective in deflecting the airflow away from the pilots' faces.  If the airspeed was not well controlled this became obvious immediately in the cockpit."

The excellent book Sailplanes 1945 - 1965 by Martin Simons includes an excellent write-up, photo and scale drawings of this glider.  A quote from the book, "When Slingsby introduced the Type 31 it was called the Tandem Tutor.  The original Tutor flew first in 1937.  It was a single-seater intended for early soaring flights by pupils who had progressed to the Kirby Kadet and were ready to move on.  The Tutor, or Cadet Mark 2, was built in quantity for the ATC and more were produced after 1946 for civilian use.  In 1949 although the T-21 was already becoming accepted as an excellent trainer, some clubs, particularly where the landing field was relatively rough, required a robust two-seater with a performance and handling like the solo Tutor. ...  The Tandem Tutor was tested by the BGA (British Gliding Association) and came on the market from 1951.  There were exports to many countries of complete aircraft and kits of parts.  The ATC took 131 as the Cadet Mark 3.  More than 200 were built.  Some are still flying as vintage gliders."

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