Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics 1796-1855 - Charles H Gibbs-Smith

Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics 1796-1855 by Charles H Gibbs-Smith. Cayley is now recognised as the true inventor of the modern aeroplane. By 1849 Cayley had constructed and flown a full-size triplane glider which carried a boy for brief distances and in 1853 Cayley despatched his unwilling coachman across a dale near Scarborough in a glider. Illustrated. Hardcover. 269pp.