Sir George Cayley 1853

[Flamingo]

 This is my 1853 glider paper model from Fiddlers Green,  scaled to 1/100.
   
 The masts are 1 mm steel wire secured with white glue, after overnight drying it proved to be stronger than expected.
   
 In the jig













on its wheels















Greetings Joachim

[lone modeller]

I admire greatly anyone who can make a model from paper - that is a mini-masterpiece.

The very early attempts at flight, powered and unpowered, resulted in some very interesting machines and that one is no exception. Cayley was a very interesting and inventive individual.

Stephen.

[DaveB]

Great work from paper!

Regards

Dave

[KiwiZac]

What a lovely replica! Beautiful work.

What was it the coachman-pilot was said to have told Sir George upon handing in his notice? "I was hired to drive, sir, not fly!"

[Davos522]

I remember seeing this contraption in a number of books when I was a kid, but I never knew anyone had ever produced a model of it...

And Zac, that's priceless... "Just bring round the old flying machine, won't you, Jeeves?"

Dutch

[NinetythirdLiberator]

Nice, Joachim!  I just returned from the International Paper Modelers Meeting and this would have fit right it!  Nice job.

Dan