Perkins & Lock New Horizon

Designed and built by D. Perkins and A. Lock in 1958, the New Horizon was a tail-less, parasol wing monoplane, with a pusher propellor and tricycle undercarriage. It featured an inflatable wing.

Man-powered, it was unsuccessful in flight trials inside the Cardington airship hanger.

Development of the inflatable wing concept did lead to the ‘Reluctant Phoenix’.

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