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- OBJECT TYPE
- GYROGLIDER/TRAINER
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0373.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bensen Aircraft Corp.
- MODEL
- Bensen B8
- LOCATION
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- BARB-1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM FRAME; STEEL CONNECTORS; RUBBER WHEELS; SYNTHETIC SEAT; GLASS GAUGES; PLASTIC CONTROLS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.1 m
- Width
- 2.7 m
- Height
- 2.5 m
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bensen
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- North Carolina
- City
- Raleigh
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED LATE 1970'S & EARLY 1980'S
- Canada
-
POSSIBLY FIRST & ONLY GYROGLIDER INSPECTED, APPROVED & REGISTERED IN CANADA - Function
-
TRAINING PURPOSES TO TEACH FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS & PRINCIPLES OF LANDING & SAFETY FOR GYROCOPTER - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on tail fin: ""BENSEN/GYRO/DUKE/GSXV"; lettering on sticker on left side of control box reads: "NOTICE/THIS AIRCRAFT ISOPERATING/WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE/OF AIR WORTHINESS/AVIS/CET AERONEF VOLE/SANS CERTIFICAT/DE NAVIGABILITE"; lettering on plate on VHF radio box: "BUILT BY/ALEXANDER DUTKEWYCH/&/TIMOTHY ENGLAND/BENSEN b-8 GYROPLANE/SERIAL No BARB-1/MANUFACTURED DEC. 15, 1977/CANADIAN GSXV"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GREY FRAME; BLACK SEAT, TAIL FIN, COMPASS HOUSING, CONTROL BOX & WHEELS; BLACK TAIL PLANE WITH RED STRIPES; BLUE & GREY BACK ON SEAT; RED & BLACK SEAT BELTS
- Decoration
- DECROATIVE STRIPES ON TAIL PLANE; CANADIAN FLAG ON NOSE
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Bensen Aircraft Corp., Airplane, circa 1977, Artifact no. 2002.0373, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0373.001/
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