How to suspend a glider?

Bill Daniels bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:
Don,

It occurs to me that the biggest collection of hanging aircraft anywhere is
in the Simthsonian Air & Space Museum. I wonder if you could get a curator
to give you some tips. It might be worth a phone call.

Attaching to the inside structure would be my first choice for asthetic
reasons. I'm not sure how strong the anchor points are but the rear seat
belts might be useful. There's four structural anchor points to work with.

If it's helpful at all, I took a picture of Robert Harris's Grob 102 while
visiting the Smithsonian this summer, he

http://pix.mikeash.com/v/gliderflyin..._2222.JPG.html

If you click on the picture to get the full-sized ones, the attachments
are shown pretty clearly. Looks like a loop around the tail, and then some
kind of cabling going into the space between the body and the wing,
perhaps going around the spar.

(Incidentally this exhibit made a big impression on me, seeing just how
mundane and normal world-record-setting equipment can be. Very cool.)

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