I opened up the bag and grabbed the battens. The batten bag was so light. They felt great. These are the 12 mm by .045 mm aluminum battens. They are 20% stiffer and 20% lighter (1 lb weight saving on a T2 with 20% stiffer ribs) than the standard 10 mm aluminum ribs. The only disappointment was that it was the same old single slot batten bag that made the pilot sort the battens after getting them out of the bag.

Then Rob Kells said that Wills was coming our with a bag that separated the battens, just (exactly) like the Icaro and Moyes bag that we all love. Great! An hour later I had one of these bags. It is black instead of blue, otherwise is is exactly the same.

The next thing I noticed were the beautiful carbon fiber sprogs lined up along the keel all pointing toward the nose. Airborne crosses their sprogs when they pack it up and the Moyes sprogs point toward the back. Wills Wing really shows theirs off in the bag.

There are new small black bags at the base of the downtubes to protect the sail. Lightweight and easy to put on. The carbon fiber base tube comes with a black slip on bag around it. Nice. It would be better if the bag was zippered like Jeff O'Brien's on his Wills Wing T2C 154, as this protects the basetube when it is most likely to be damaged (when it is actually on the glider).

Steve Pearson put little black plastic skids on the base tube which are easily removable. The idea being set the glider up with these skids attached, then take them off for flying to reduce drag.

Wills has a new pad around the tops of the down tubes and around the keel that you put on for packing. The design came from Nene Rotor and it is very easy to put on and quite protective.

These are my first impressions and I'll report on my deeper impressions next.