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Gliding and Man Powered Flight*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Lorne Welch
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As at present envisaged the man powered aircraft will more closely resemble the glider than any other type of flying machine. Because of this it was suggested that a paper on the relationship between gliding and man powered flight might be of value.

The papers which have been read to the Group have dealt with the aerodynamic, physiological and engineering aspects of the problem and they show that a man powered aircraft capable of flight just clear of the ground is a possibility.

Before undertaking the detail design a fourth aspect—pilotage—must be considered. It is in this field that the experience which exists in flying gliders is applicable and should be used.

Type
Man Powered Aircraft Group
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 65 , Issue 612 , December 1961 , pp. 807 - 814
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1961

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Footnotes

*

The seventh lecture given to the Man Powered Aircraft Group of the Society—on 20th January 1961.

References

* The seventh lecture given to the Man Powered Aircraft Group of the Society—on 20th January 1961.