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The Wolford-Wilson Sailwing is an American single place homebuilt aircraft.

Sailwing
Role	Homebuilt aircraft
National origin	United States
Designer	Dale Wolford, Elmer Wilson [1]
Developed from	Princeton Sailwing

Design and development

The Sailwing is a single place, open cockpit, twin engine pusher with an inverted V-tail and conventional landing gear. The aircraft uses an aluminum leading edge with wire support and Dacron covering, rather than a spar. Roll control is performed with wing-warping.[2]

Specifications (Sailwing)

Data from Air Progress

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Powerplant: 2 × Westbend , 10 hp (7.5 kW) each

Performance

• Cruise speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Ultraflight Lazair

References

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