We were blessed with 3 days of fine weather as we hosted Greenbird - the record breaking wind powered machine - in a little used space outside behind the museum. Visitors were welcomed into the Antenna gallery by Simon Notley whose involvemnt as part funder made him an excellent guide to a video of the project’s history and designer and pilot Richard Jenkin’s record breaking run on a dried up lake bed in the US. Appetites whetted, visitors then headed out to see the vehicle and chat to Richard as well as George Seyfang whose work at British Aerospace in the area of aerodynamics made the project a perfect hobby horse for his retirement.
The project website has this great little slide show to explain how the vehicle got to a whopping 126 mph off a 35mph wind with what looks like such a small 'sail' to anyone involved in traditional sailing.
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