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Old January 12th 09, 09:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Nyal Williams[_2_]
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Can skomeone turn up a picture online?

At 19:18 12 January 2009, RRK wrote:
On Jan 12, 2:00=A0pm, Nyal Williams wrote:
From Philip Wills' book, Free As A Bird. p.8

"At the end of the meeting Manyrol, flying a glider with two

identical
wings fore and aft, with the pilot sitting between them, won the prize
with a duration of 3hr 21min ...."

That was in 1922. =A0Can someone name this machine and point me to a

pict=
ure
of it?


It happened in Itford, England. Pilot Alexis Maneyrol was flying in
Peyret Tandem. Two pictures and detailed drawings of this glider are
in Martin Simon Sailplanes 1920-1945 page21,23 and 24. Priceless
publication.