RRG Fafnir 2 RRG Fafnir 2 The RRG Fafnir 2 São Paulo, named after the legendary dragon and the Brazilian city which partially financed it, was a single seat German high performance glider designed by Alexander Lippisch. It set a new world distance record in 1934 and won the 1937 International Gliding Championships. Lippisch began the design of the Fafnir 2 in 1934. Apart from being a wood and fabric aircraft with a strongly tapered cantilever gull wing, it had little in common with the Fafnir of 1930, though lessons had been learned from that design. During 1934 the RRG was disbanded and
Welsh mythology in popular culture Welsh mythology in popular culture This is a list of elements of Welsh mythology that have appeared in popular culture. Afanc, a lake monster: Arawn, king of the otherworld realm of Annwn: Arianrhod, daughter of Dôn, important in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi: Blodeuwedd, wife of Lleu Llaw Gyffes: Cantre'r Gwaelod, legendary ancient sunken kingdom: Although not as famous as Atlantis, with which it has been compared by some modern authors, Cantre'r Gwaelod has featured in fiction with a Welsh flavour, notably the alternate universe Louie Knight series. In the satirical parody "Aberystwyth Mon Amour", a group of Druids