Related story on SplitWing and its designer/builder/pilot Tony
Prentice:
TP01 Location:- Darenth sand pit.
Keel push from Derek launches me off the side of the sand pit.
TP02 Location:- Brasted
Slope soaring
TP04 Location:- Darenth sand pit
Overhead
TP07 Location:-Darenth sand pit
Working the shallow slope
TP08 Location:- Brasted
Novice pilot trying out a ground loop - no damage done to pilot or glider
TP10 Location:- Darenth sand pit
Into flight
TP15 Location:-Darenth sand pit
Launch with assisted keel push
TP20 Location:- Darenth sand pit
Pre-flight checks
TP21 Location:- Brasted
Too much push out by novice flyer but wing still flying at very high AoA.
TP22 Location:- Brasted
Preparing to launch
TP24 Location: Brasted
Skimming down the slope
TP25 Location: Brasted
Take off run
See
special
page about a 1963/1964 exploration.
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