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Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
Composite image of sketches by Sir George Cayley copied from reproductions in book, Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, "Sir George Cayley (1773-1857)," Her Majesty's Stationery Office (London), 1968. Top to bottom: "Cayley's 1804 sketch of a model glider" page 7 (Fig. 6), "An improved fixed-wing glider, 1849" page 17 (Fig. 17), "Cayley's most advanced glider, 1853" page 21 (Fig. 20), "An 1849 triplane, tested briefly with a boy in the underslung car" page 16 (Fig. 15), and "Cayley's 1852 design for a man-carrying glider" page 19 (Fig. 18, top).
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics
- Gliding and soaring
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
Images are subject to Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Copyright and Image Use Restrictions. Usage requires prior written permission. Should you wish to use NASM still images in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Photographs, available at NASM's Permissions webpage: www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/permissions.cfm
photographer
Sir George Cayley
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Date
Circa 1804-1853
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-00154339
