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Ascend Charlie
My brother (qualified US Navy test pilot) was aked to do an evaluation on it.
He couldn't get out of it fast enough, assessed it as dangerous and not to be considered for purchase. But the vis was great, same as a B47.
For what reason Ascend Charlie? If the thing was prone to spin, or couldn't recover from a spin it would have been easy enough to modify wing twist, include a dorsal fin or tweak the CofG.
I'm just amazed such a promising concept was droped with no follow up. Maybe Slingsby felt at the time it had been too risky, but that was some time back...
Mart