for those that didn't know, i read about this in eaa sport aviation back a year or so. http://video.pbs.org/video/2365245626/

I couldn't get the video to work, but I read a book about the British wing commander who helped build it. He had lost a leg in a crash and the Germans let the Brits drop him a prosthetic one. He had to unhook from his to bail out over France. I think he was WC Badger.

I think you are meaning Group Captain Douglas Bader.

Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bader

PBS had a show on this last night, you know that I guess?

They made another one recently, using all the same materials and techniques, and then launched it off the roof using a filled bathtub and a series of snatch blocks for a catapult. To the surprise of about everyone it flew pretty damn good, impressive.

courierguy, yes i did see it. contactflying, i don't know why it's not working for you. it's working for me

For the EAA story on the glider. http://www.sportaviationonline.org, click on back issues on the left side, skroll to may of 2012 and click, page 32 in the features.