The GAL 56 tailless experimental glider described as the 'worst ever' thing he ever flew by Capt 'Winkle' Brown:
"In spite of a huge undercarriage, landing was little more than a controlled crash. Approaching the stall, at 70 mph a self stalling tendency began to develop. At 65 mph a runaway stall became imminent and if no recovery was made at that point, at 55 mph the aircraft entered an irrecoverable tail slide"
The wretched thing made 20 flights, 'Winkle' flying 19. Shortly afterwards Robert Kronfeld, the famous glider pilot, was killed in the GAL 56.
With acknowledgements to GASCo Flight Safety