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monoplane, however it differs in being the first aircraft of tailless swept configuration to have a nose-mounted tractor propeller. Lateral and pitch control is via all-moving wing tips which act as
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and, with a pilot whose weight is at the limit, a positive climb rate can only be obtained by the pilot moving his arms and elbows into the cramped
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designed and built in the late 1920s by two brothers, R.F.T. and R.J.T. Granger. The sole example built is currently under restoration for flight.
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538:Shuttleworth - The Historic Aeroplanes
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259:Specifications (Archaeopteryx)
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273:General characteristics
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264:Data from
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363:See also
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206:Hatfield
183:Hucknall
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481:19 July
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