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A prone pilot lies on their stomach rather than seated in a normal upright or reclining position. During the 1930s, glider designer Reimar Horten began developing a prone position for his flying wing gliders. However it proved uncomfortable and he later settled on a semi-prone arrangement with the knees somewhat lowered. Many modern hang gliders, developed since the 1960s, typically offer a prone pilot position during flight, with the pilot lowering their legs and standing upright only when taking off or landing.

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rdfs:comment	A prone pilot lies on their stomach rather than seated in a normal upright or reclining position. During the 1930s, glider designer Reimar Horten began developing a prone position for his flying wing gliders. However it proved uncomfortable and he later settled on a semi-prone arrangement with the knees somewhat lowered. Many modern hang gliders, developed since the 1960s, typically offer a prone pilot position during flight, with the pilot lowering their legs and standing upright only when taking off or landing. (en)
dcterms:subject	Prone pilot aircraft Lists of aircraft by design configuration
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Beecraft Wee Bee Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 Blohm & Voss BV 40 Horten H.III Horten H.IV Horten H.VI Reid and Sigrist R.S.3 Desford G-force Gloster Meteor F8 "Prone Pilot" Armstrong Whitworth AW.171 Fuselage Lamson PL-1 Quark Akaflieg Berlin B9 Akaflieg Stuttgart fs17 Prone pilot aircraft DFS 228 DFS Kranich FMA I.Ae. 37 Flight International Flying wing Northrop XP-79 Farrar V-1 Flying Wing Wright Flyer II Guerchais-Roche Émouchet Henschel Hs 132 Lists of aircraft by design configuration World War II Wright Flyer Wright Flyer III Hang glider Reimar Horten Ikarus S-451
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1953/1953%20-%201430.PDF
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has abstract	A prone pilot lies on their stomach rather than seated in a normal upright or reclining position. During the 1930s, glider designer Reimar Horten began developing a prone position for his flying wing gliders. However it proved uncomfortable and he later settled on a semi-prone arrangement with the knees somewhat lowered. During World War II it was suggested that a pilot in the prone position might be more effective in some kinds of high-speed aircraft, because it would permit the pilot to withstand a greater g-force in the upward and downward direction with respect to the plane. The fuselage could also be made shallower and therefore have reduced weight and drag. Many speculative designs of the late-war and early postwar periods featured this arrangement, and several prototypes were built or converted to test the idea. However testing revealed difficulties in maintaining a head-up attitude to see forward and in operating some controls. These problems outweighed the advantages and the position was never adopted for high-speed flight. Many modern hang gliders, developed since the 1960s, typically offer a prone pilot position during flight, with the pilot lowering their legs and standing upright only when taking off or landing. (en)
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