Glider Collection

Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 1, 1904. The Wrights had a much more difficult time testing their aircraft at Huffman Prairie than at Kill Devil

Otto Lilienthal makes one of his last flights, 1896 (1956). Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders

Wright Brothers Glider Tests, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA, October 10, 1902. Historic photo of the Wright brothers third test glider being launched

Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon", 1933
Monoplane glider with strut-braced, gull-type wing mounted high on monocoque fuselage; wooden construction with steel and aluminum fittings and controls; fuselage

Otto Lilienthal, German aeronaut, early 20th century. Lilienthal taking to the air in one of his gliders. He made more than 2000 flights before being killed in a crash

Marine lieutenant with the towing plane for the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942
Marine lieutenant with the towing plane for the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

A marine glider pilot in training, a lieutenant, at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
A marine glider pilot in training, a lieutenant, at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine with the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine with the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps gliders being towed from Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine Corps gliders being towed from Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towplane... Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towplane for the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine gliders being towed from Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine gliders being towed from Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant by the power plane which tows... at Page Field, Parris, Island, S.C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine lieutenant by the power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parris, Island, S.C

Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942
Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towing plane for the... page Field, Parris Island, S.C
Marine lieutenant, pilot with the power towing plane for the training gliders at page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine with the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine with the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine glider pilot at Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine glider pilot at Parris Island, S.C

A Marine Corps glider being towed by a power plane from Page Field, at Parris Island, S. C. 1942
A Marine Corps glider being towed by a power plane from Page Field, at Parris Island, S.C

Aerial tug boat, which tows gliders for Marine pilots... Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Aerial tug boat, which tows gliders for Marine pilots in training out of Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant by the power towing plane for the gliders at Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine lieutenant by the power towing plane for the gliders at Parris Island, S.C

Marine power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant by the power towing plane for the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C
Marine lieutenant by the power towing plane for the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for... at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. 1942
Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. Power towing plane in background

Marine glider in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine glider in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenants studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine lieutenants studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine glider pilot in training at Page Field, is watching take-offs, Parris Island, S. C. 1942
Marine glider pilot in training at Page Field, is watching take-offs, Parris Island, S.C

Training gliders at the Marine [Corp]s Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Training gliders at the Marine [Corp]s Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenants, pilots, by the power tow-plane for the... Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. 1942
Marine lieutenants, pilots, by the power tow-plane for the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps glider in flight out of Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine Corps glider in flight out of Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps gliders in flight from Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine Corps gliders in flight from Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine lieutenants, glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine lieutenants, glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C

Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. Creator: NASA
Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. On October 24, 1911 Orville tested a new glider and broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring

Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross, 1937. Creator: William H. Bowlus
Single-seat, high-wing monoplane glider with wooden monocoque fuselage pod, aluminum tube tail boom, and wooden empennage; fabric-covered rudders and elevators

Grob 102 Standard Astir III, 1980. Creator: Grob-Werke GmbH
Single-seat, monoplane glider with T-tail. Test pilots at Grob-Werke GmbH & Company KG in Germany first flew the Grob 102 Standard Astir III late in 1980

Frankfort TG-1A (Cinema), 1930s. Creator: Frankfort Sailplane Company
Stan Corcorans TG-1A (Training Glider Model 1A) was the first aircraft selected to train U.S. Army glider pilot cadets to fly the Waco CG-4A combat assualt glider

1900 Wright Glider (reproduction), 2003. Creator: Ken Hyde
Full-size reproduction of the Wright brothers 1900 glider, built in 2003. Fabric-covered wooden-frame biplane, with no vertical tail. Only a horizontal forward elevator

Wilbur Wright in the flyer, 1908. Creator: Anonymous
Wilbur Wright in the flyer, 1908. Private Collection

L Exposition aerienne, c. 1908. Creator: Munier, J. (active ca 1900)
L Exposition aerienne, c. 1908. Private Collection

View of glider flying as a kite, 1900. Artist: Wright Brothers, (Orville and Wilbur)
View of glider flying as a kite, 1900. Private Collection

ESG Grunau training glider, Germany, 1932. Creator: Unknown
ESG Grunau training glider, Germany, 1932. Trainee pilots learning to fly a glider with speed of 55-60 kilometres per hour, made by ESG (Edmund Schneider, Grunau)

Trainee pilot performing advanced gliding exam, Germany, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Trainee pilot performing advanced gliding exam at the Rho n-Rossitten Society gliding school, Germany, 1932. Glider with speed of 65-70 kilometres per hour

Training glider at the Grunau Gliding School, Germany, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Training glider at the Grunau Gliding School, Germany, 1932. Glider with speed of 55-60 kilometres per hour. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Glider with tubular steel lattice fuselage, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Glider with tubular steel lattice fuselage, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Mayer MI glider, c1929, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Mayer MI glider, c1929, (1932). The MI, designed by Hermann Mayer, was a high-wing strutted training glider which performed an endurance flight of 8 hours 22 minutes

B. 9 glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
B.9 glider, 1932. Two-seater glider built by the Akademischen Fliegerguppe (Akaflieg) in Dresden, Germany. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

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