Person    | Male  Born 27/12/1773  Died 15/12/1857

Sir George Cayley

Categories: Aviation, Science

Scientist and pioneer of aviation. Born Scarborough.

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Sir George Cayley

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George Cayley

George Cayley, engineer & inventor, established on this site The Royal Po...

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Sir George Cayley

London County Council Sir George Cayley, 1773 - 1857, scientist and pioneer ...

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WW2 aircraft crash

WW2 aircraft crash

The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night.   Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire.  It was one o...

Event, Aviation

1 memorial
Royal Flying Corps

Royal Flying Corps

The potential for aircraft was recognised and so the Royal Flying Corps was established by a charter signed by King George V on 13 April 1912.  the first 'wing' (ho ho) was formed out of the Air Ba...

Group, Armed Forces, Aviation

2 memorials
Maria Nieves Larracoechea

Maria Nieves Larracoechea

Maria Nieves Larracoechea was born on 3 March 1949 in Bilbao, Spain. Both our Picture Source and the Clipper Crew website gives more information about her including that she was known as 'Nieves' ...

Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Scotland, Spain

1 memorial
Morton Air Services

Morton Air Services

A very early independent British airline. Eventually absorbed into British United Island Airways.

Group, Aviation

1 memorial