Tinwald Shaws Farm
Note: This map shows only my rough estimate of where this gliding site may have been located. If anybody could be kind enough to offer a more exact position, this advice will be most welcome.
TINWALD SHAWS FARM: Gliding site
Operated by: The Dumfries and District Gliding Club
Location: 4nm NE of Dumfries
Period of operation: Early 1930s only?
NOTES: It appears that they used a B.A.C. II manufactured in Maidstone, Kent. It seems that only flights of around 100 yards or a similar very short distance were accomplished and ended in damage caused by a take-off stall ending in a heavy landing. The glider, it is claimed, was later vandalised by one John Pettigrew, incensed because he’d been unable to attend the event!
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