Barnabus
THE ORIGINAL BARNABUS was an all-balsa, V-dihedral, 18-inch-span, Outdoor Hand-Launched Glider designed in 1952. It flew surprisingly well, was very stable in thermals, and won more than its share of contests in the summer and fall of 1952. In 1953, Barnabus was flown by Bob Barney to an AMA National Record of 12 minutes 12.4 seconds at the salt flats near Salt Lake City, Utah. The design has since won scores of contests throughout the western U.S., and won first in OHLG and Rocket at the 1968 Nationals.
