Olympia Glider Aerobatics at Lasham – Derrick Goddard, National Gliding Championships UK (Press Photo)

Original press photograph showing an Olympia glider performing aerobatics at the National Gliding Championships in Lasham, UK, piloted by Derrick Goddard of the Surrey Gliding Club. The Olympia (Meise), originally selected for the cancelled 1940 Olympics, became a premier postwar competition glider. Lasham Airfield, one of the UK’s most iconic soaring sites, hosted this spectacular flight, likely part of an exhibition rather than competition. The typed caption confirms authenticity and provenance—an exceptional image for collectors of British gliding history and postwar aviation.