Early gliders were built like a giant box-kite. The glider-pilot would rise a few feet in the air at most. During the descent the shifting centre of gravity caused by body movement —formed the only control; a control so tricky that it ended many flights in disaster.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 382, 16 June 1928, Page 26
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47Early gliders were built like a giant box-kite. The glider-pilot would rise a few feet in the air at most. During the descent the shifting centre of gravity caused by body movement—formed the only control; a control so tricky that it ended many flights in disaster. Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 382, 16 June 1928, Page 26
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