How
to Build and Fly a Glider
In 1929 Arch Whitehouse was editor of Flying Aces Magazine. And for a mere 25c at that time you get a copy of this 61 page booklet and learn how to build a full size glider with a 32' wing span. The author claims he has flown as high as a 100' in an 18 mph wind with it.
These
are certainly not the greatest set of plans ever offered. You get dimensioned
drawings that have been greatly reduced on the original pages so it could
be sold inexpensively. Precise step-by-step 
how-to
is not provided. This is not for dolts. If you can't figure out the missing
details, chances are you don't have what it takes to fly it anyway. Someone
with reasonable mechanical skills could build it, I'm sure. The smart thing
to do would be to build a scale model out of balsa as a prototype before building
the full size aircraft. Make your mistakes on the model, not on the real thing.
The cheap paper from '29 is getting brittle and yellow, and I can't believe too many copies have survived. It's an interesting piece of aviation history, and an interesting project that oughta be preserved.
So here it is. Get a copy. Build a glider out of wood. Dope the cotton covering. And strap your mother-in-law into it. Attach a rope and tow it down the road at ninety miles per hours with your SUV. That oughta scare the cows (and the cops).... Neat little book. Inexpensive. Get one. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 booklet 61 pages
No. 23616 ... $5.95
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