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ACCESS: Top Secret
(Source: Trait d'Union #217, Sept-Oct 2004)
In 1922, the French brothers Robert and Th. Landes built the Oiseau Bleu I (Blue Bird One) glider, looking like an actual bird. Span 11m Length 4.5m (later : 5m) Weight empty 50kg. It made a few flights of seconds duration only. It won a prize in 1923.
Will someone find a photograph of it?
In 1922, the French brothers Robert and Th. Landes built the Oiseau Bleu I (Blue Bird One) glider, looking like an actual bird. Span 11m Length 4.5m (later : 5m) Weight empty 50kg. It made a few flights of seconds duration only. It won a prize in 1923.
Will someone find a photograph of it?