Soaring with wings : Percy Pilcher wants to fly
MacKay, Charles E.2024
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For four years Percy S. Pilcher experimented with flight. From early days at Cardross in 1895, he flew at Auchensail and Wallaceton. Then he went south and died tragically when his soaring machine collapsed in the air. He was on the verge of powered flight when he lost his life. This account covers Pilcher's influence on Lilienthal, Hargrave, Maxim and Chanute, and culminates with the Wright brothers in 1903.
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Soaring with wings : Percy Pilcher wants to fly / Charles E. MacKay
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Glasgow : Charles E. MacKay, 2024
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171 pages : illustrations, diagrams, portraits ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781838056766
Language:
English
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