LPW Glider

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LPW Glider
General information
Type Glider
National originUnited Kingdom
Designer
Number built1
History
First flight24 May 1924

The LPW Glider (or Leeming-Prince-Wood Glider) was a 1920s British glider built by John Leeming, Tom Prince and Clement Wood who later formed the Lancashire Aero Club. [1] [2]

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Development

In 1922 John Leeming designed a single-seat high-wing monoplane glider which he built from surplus Avro 504 components with the help of his friends Tom Prince and Avro workshop foreman Clement Wood. [1] The glider flew on 24 May 1924 from Alexandra Park Aerodrome in Manchester being towed into the air by a car. [1] In September 1924 while being flown by Leeming the glider stalled and crashed. [1] The glider was rebuilt and had a motor-cycle engine fitted but it was not intended to fly, but for use as a ground trainer to allow students to practice taxiing. [1] [3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Emslie, Keith; Clarke, Keith (2019). "Blackpool & Fiddlers" (PDF). Bowland Forest Gliding Club. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lancashie Aero Club". Lancashire Aero Club. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Light 'Plane Club Doings". Flight : 21. 8 January 1925.


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