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:
Top image shows a sketch by Sir George Cayley of his 1804 glider design; left side view. Reproduction of detail of sketch from Sir George Cayley's notebook "Sea" (1799-1811), page 70B, top [Royal Aeronautical Society Archives reference RAES/CAYL/NOTE/1/53]. Bottom image shows a model of the same glider.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics
- Gliding and soaring