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The Vickers-Slingsby T-65 Vega is a 15 metre class glider which first flew on 3 June 1977. Of fibreglass construction it features linked camber-changing flaps and airbrakes and a retractable main and tailwheel.A simplified version called the T-65C Sport Vega has a non-retractable mainwheel and hinged trailing edge airbrakes instead of flaps. This version of the Vega first flew on 18 December 1979 and has no provision for water ballast.