Sir George Cayley: Hoorah!

[den]

In this day in 1853 Sir George Cayley launched the first fixed-wing aircraft, a glider. It was piloted by his coachman.

The Wright Bros. used his research 50 years later.

I'm going to name my first spaceship after him.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Interesting!

I'm afraid I'd never heard of him!

Though, I think the article is a bit optimistic to imply that
all the Wrights did was to attach an engine to a similar glider.
After all, it was the Wrights development of wing warping that
kept them in the air and under control.

Thanks Batty! Neat stuff! :)

Scott

[jenny_evergreen]

Cool, I didn't know about him! And I really love the idea of a spaceship named George. ;)
(Ah, the great fleet of George, Orville, and Wilbur, with the support ship Icarus. =)