Wings of Eagles Museum - Pratt Read XLNE-1 Sailplane
Bill Maloney 11/10/2010 |
Another Pratt Read LNE-1 Sailplane at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT |
Length: feet inches
Wingspan: 54 feet, 9 inches
Height: feet, inches
Crew: 1 + 1
Weight: Empty - 293lbs
Tow Speed: mph
Glide Speed: 52mph
Glide Ratio : 26
First Flight : 1942
Cost: $
In 1952 Larry Edgar and Harold Klieforth set the absolute altitude soaring record for multi place sailplanes of 44,255ft in a Pratt Read LNE-1 Sailplane.
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