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INFORMATION has just been released that an experimental glider of the 'Flying Wing' type, known as the A.W.52G., has been in operation since March 1945. It was designed and built in Messrs. Armstrong-Whitworth's works for experiment upon the behaviour of this kind of aircraft in those respects in which only full-scale tests give reliable data, particularly control and stability, without the mop conventional tail surfaces. Experience gained upon this will be used possibly for the design of larger tailless machines of multi-engined and jet-propelled types. Flying has been carried out by Mr. C. Turner-Hughes, followed by Mr. E. G. Franklin, and the design was due to the firm's chief designer, Mr. J. Lloyd.
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ARMSTRONG-WHITWORTH TAILLESS GLIDER. Nature 157, 703 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157703a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157703a0