Prue Two
{{Short description|American glider}}
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The Prue Two was an American high-wing, two-seat glider that was designed and built by Irving Prue, first flying in 1959.Said, Bob: 1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine, page 55, Soaring Society of America November 1983. USPS 499-920{{Cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7905C|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results N7905C |accessdate = 15 June 2011|last = Federal Aviation Administration|authorlink = |date=June 2011}}
Design and development
Prue designed the Prue Two as a high-performance two-seater, completing it and flying it in 1959.
The aircraft was of all-metal construction, except for its fiberglass nose cone. The wing was of a {{convert|64.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span, employed a NACA 63-618A airfoil and featured large dive brakes. The wing was a three-piece design, with a centre section and two wing tips. Due to its large wing area it was nicknamed "Aluminum Overcast". The tail was a conventional low tail, in contrast to Prue's favoured V-tail on earlier designs. The landing gear was a retractable monowheel.{{Cite web|url = http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html|title = The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage|accessdate = 15 June 2011|last = Lednicer|first = David|authorlink = |year = 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100420012244/http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html|archive-date = 20 April 2010|url-status = dead}}
The Prue Two was the basis for the Prue IIA, which first flew in October 1964 and was used to set several world multi-place records.
Operational history
Soaring Magazine reported in 1983 that Prue still owned the machine and was still flying it at that time. The Federal Aviation Administration reports that it was destroyed and removed it from their aircraft register 10 February 1992.
Specifications (Prue Two)
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