The Slingsby T.49 Capstan is a British two-seat glider of the 1960s built by Slingsby Sailplanes as a replacement for their earlier Type 42 Eagle.

The Capstan is a high-winged monoplane of wooden construction, the last two-seat wooden glider built by Slingsby,[1] intended for both training and general club flying.

Side-by-side seats for the two pilots are accommodated in an enclosed cockpit with a one-piece perspex canopy.

The prototype T.49A first flew in 1961, and it entered production as the T.49B in 1963.

Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II[3] and Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969 [2]General characteristics Performance