Towed wing concepts to increase load with bombs or fuel

[hesham]

Hi,

there is three drawings to Miles Magister,Supermarine Spitfire MK.VIII
and Bristol Blenheim MK.IV,but I don't know they were a really projects
or fake,who can help ?.

 

[Jemiba]

Looks similar to german experiments for carrying long range tanks :

 

[lark]

Hesham ,

The projects shown by you are not fakes. It concerns
the severals proposed towed wing concepts to increase
the load of an aircraft with bombs or fuel.

Initial test with a Magister and an auxiliary wing were made in the Summer
of 1941 but trouble was experienced with the directional stability of the combination.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dears.

 

[fightingirish]

Another picture from the site www.miles-aircraft.com
Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20041108164047/www.miles-aircraft.com/Projects_magister_towed_wing.html

 

[Tophe]

I confirm I saw these pictures (Auxiliary Wing) in Historical sources:
- Vojenska letadla
- British Bomber since 1914