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in 1947 a british gliding association design competition , for a two seat sailplane , was won by hugh kendall , miles ' assistant test pilot .
it was a side-by-side two seater called the kendall crabpot i , with a 60 ft. span and an aspect ratio of 18 .
a version with a novel asbestos fibre-polymer wing and a wooden fuselage with a butterfly tail was proposed by miles , but the wing failed under low loads .
elliotts of newbury built a conventional wooden wing to use with miles ' fuselage .
the resulting glider flew , but not well and development was abandoned with just one example built .
