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Bonney Gull

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Tiger Tim

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This came up in my YouTube suggestions today. I’m sure many here have seen the footage of its unfortunate first flight but until just now I was unaware that Bonney himself was so well qualified.


Here’s the referenced accident video for those curious:


The controls must have been interesting to say the least when you consider the pilot could select incidence, wing tip sweep, camber, and possibly even dihedral. I wonder how all that worked?
 
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