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Ed Heath built a series of parasols starting with the first with a set of surplus Thomas-Morse Scout wings, he quickly built his own wings with a Clark Y airfoil which worked much better, then the Super Parasol with parallel struts with rebuilt Henderson motorcycle engines modified to produce an alleged 27 Horsepower. The V strut that is pictured came next and later the LNB-4 with the Heath-Henderson and the LNA-40 with a 40 hp Continental which worked much better, both with N lift struts. The latter two were avaliable as certified aircraft and went on to be copied and become the Pober Pixie. The center wing CNA-40 was successful, but Heath was killed testing a low wing model when a wing came off. The mid-wing Baby Bullet and other racers are another story.