Description:

 In 1935, the Slingsby Kirby Kite took to the skies over England.  A significant feature was the choice of the semi gull-wing planform which, in that timespan, was "very fashionable" and demonstrated markedly better circling capabilty than those aircraft with "straight" wings.  We have chosen to model the Type-23, a variant  with a landing wheel and an areodynamically optimized wing/fuselage joint in our proven full fiberglass (FG)/composite technology.

The marriage of the gull-wing shape with the traditional wood framework and transparent surface shell proved to be a MAJOR challange for us, that, based upon customer and public feedback, has been positively met.  The Kirby Kite exhibits very good thermal flight characteristics and presents an absolutely beautiful sight with the evening sun shining thru the transparent covering.

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