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A replica of Cayley’s 1804 glider The Aeroplane by Charles Gibbs-Smith, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1960 begin to receive the recognition that eluded him during his lifetime. References Dale, Henry. (1992). Early flying machines. Oxford University Press. Day, Lance, & McNeil, Ian. (1996). Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. Routledge Publishers. engine to power it. When none presented itself, he tried unsuccessfully to build his own. Cayley’s fertile mind continued to analyze many aspects of flight, but he was little appreciated in his own time. He left aviation work in 1816 and spent the following 27 years attending to his estate. His district elected him to the British Parliament in 1832. As others became increasingly interested in aviation, Cayley re-entered the arena in 1843, at the age of 70. He published a technical paper on a helicopter-like airplane that had two pusher propellers. It was meant to lift straight up with four rotors that would then flatten for forward flight. Cayley also built a full-size glider in 1852 that lifted a boy for a short hop. He was a char- ter member of an 1852 organization that was the first aeronautical society. Some years after Cayley’s death in 1857, German glider builder Otto A modern model of Cayley’s 1843 airplane The Aeroplane by Charles Gibbs-Smith, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1960 Lilienthal and Wilbur and Orville Wright commented on his 1809 publications. Only then did Cayley Mackworth-Praed, Ben. (1990). Aviation: The pioneer years. Chartwell Books. www.techdirections.com TECHNOLOGY’S PAST 11 http://www.bsu.edu/technology http://www.bsu.edu/technology http://www.techdirections.com

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