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Aeronautical Research in South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

C. C. van Niekerk
C. C. van Niekerk*
Affiliation:
South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
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Aeronautical research in South Africa probably dates back to a project which is reputed to have culminated in the successful launching of a glider from a hill in Natal, some twenty years before Otto Lilienthal made his first successful flight in 1895. The glider was constructed by two brothers, Archer and Goodman Houshold, its design having been based on a study of bird flight and its design calculations having been verified by Dr. Colenso, at the time Bishop of Natal. Goodman Houshold was at the controls when the glider made its first and last flight from the hill down to a valley below. Further flights were forbidden by an anxious mother.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 69 , Issue 651 , March 1965 , pp. 182 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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