Aériane Swift
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The Aériane Swift[2] is a lightweight (48 kg) foot-launched tailless sailplane whose rigid wings have a span of 40 feet. The Swift has been succeeded by the "Swift'Lite".
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Swift | |
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Role | Foot-launched glider |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Aériane |
Design group | Bright Star Gliders and Stanford University. |
First flight | 1989 |
Developed from | Bright Star Odyssey |
Developed into | Bright Star Millennium[1] |
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Although designed in California, Swift aircraft are now manufactured by Aériane, a European firm based in Gembloux, Belgium.[3] Aériane first manufactured the Swift under licence, but the firm is now the sole manufacturer.