| A unique inflatable flying machine.
ML UTILITY AIRCRAFT. In 1955 ML Aviation at White Waltham designed and produced a portable flying machine called the ML Utility ML.1 given the serial number XK776,the aircraft featured an inflatable rubberised fabric wing and quick release fittings enabling the aircraft to be rigged and de-rigged fairly quickly. Despite evaluation by the British Army Air Corps at Middle Wallop further production was not taken up,the flight characteristics were unusually slow and the machine was then stored until saved by the Army Air Corps museum. With the advent of the lightweight helicopter perhaps the practability of the ML design were outweighed,however the company continues to produce many ancillary products for the aviation industry. 
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