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Old March 5th 09, 06:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
bildan
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Default How it's Made - Gliders

On Mar 3, 7:30*pm, Steve Leonard wrote:
Anyone else notice that when the wing is being put on during the assembly,
one of the auto hookups misses? *Watch closely at 3:15 into Part 2.

Oops! *I bet the "amatuers" that assembled and launched the Discus in
under a minute didn't have that problem!

Steve


FYI, the "Worlds Fastest Glider Assembly" video has been expanded to
show training of the team members and trial assemblies before the
camera rolled for the final cut - presumably due to criticism that it
looked unsafe. It looks to me as if the Fins did a fine job.