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V5 - LEO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 12:28 pm ....sparrow wing glider
Yes! Ony 2 built... I can see why :?
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Fransw wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 12:45 pm
V5 - LEO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 12:28 pm ....sparrow wing glider
Yes! Ony 2 built... I can see why :?
This is actually a Horten H.IV glider, plenty of references to it on the net. If I search for the sparrow, I don't get any results that refer to this photo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_H.IV

https://warbirdinformationexchange.org/ ... f=3&t=3995

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http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Hort ... _pics.html
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This led to the Horten ho 229 jet fighter/bomber which actually flew a number of test flights just before the end of WW2 with good results.
As such it could be considered the grand father of the B2 Spirit stealth bomber.

It is quite remarkable how this came about under really impossible circumstances. It was designed to carry a 1000Kg bomb load for a distance of 1000km and a speed of 1000km/h. The design was exceptionally efficient for the time considering far less than fully developed Jumo axial flow jet engines.
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Shoestring Racer?
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SandPiper wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:33 am Shoestring Racer?
Nope, its called a Midget Mustang and only one was ever build. Cool name 8)
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Fransw wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:35 am
SandPiper wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:33 am Shoestring Racer?
Nope, its called a Midget Mustang and only one was ever build. Cool name 8)
Definitely more than one was build and the are still being built all over the world.
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Pretty sure there was one , maybe two seen at Margate EAA back in the late 1980s or perhaps early 90s! I have pics somewhere I believe. The aircraft were owned and flown by two brothers from the eastern Transvaal (Mpumulanga).
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flysouth wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 1:53 pm Pretty sure there was one , maybe two seen at Margate EAA back in the late 1980s or perhaps early 90s! I have pics somewhere I believe. The aircraft were owned and flown by two brothers from the eastern Transvaal (Mpumulanga).
Thanks, what an awesome little aerie! :D Almost like the RV3
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Fransw wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:14 pm
flysouth wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 1:53 pm Pretty sure there was one , maybe two seen at Margate EAA back in the late 1980s or perhaps early 90s! I have pics somewhere I believe. The aircraft were owned and flown by two brothers from the eastern Transvaal (Mpumulanga).
Thanks, what an awesome little aerie! :D Almost like the RV3
Damn, I just remembered! It was Mkuze Airport in northern KZN where the brothers kept their aircraft. Still cannot recall names though! We had a couple of EAA fly-ins there though.
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flysouth wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 3:45 pm
Fransw wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:14 pm
flysouth wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 1:53 pm Pretty sure there was one , maybe two seen at Margate EAA back in the late 1980s or perhaps early 90s! I have pics somewhere I believe. The aircraft were owned and flown by two brothers from the eastern Transvaal (Mpumulanga).
Thanks, what an awesome little aerie! :D Almost like the RV3
Damn, I just remembered! It was Mkuze Airport in northern KZN where the brothers kept their aircraft. Still cannot recall names though! We had a couple of EAA fly-ins there though.
Flysouth Maybe you are thinking of the two Luton Beta’s that use too be at brits airfield
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