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Royal Aeronautical Society; Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenMonoplane glider, Hawk, built by Percy Sinclair Pilcher, principally of bamboo braced with wire and covered with fabric
IL.2001.222
Pilcher, Percy Sinclair, 1866 - 1899
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
1896
Bamboo structure, wire stays, and fabric cover
Hawk
Restorer: Shuttleworth Trust
T.1964.7, piece of glider fabric
Atrium (08 Jul 2016)
National Museum of Scotland
Flight 1909
Riddle, B., (2009), 'Percy Pilcher and the Aeronautical Society,' The Aerospace Professional p. 10
Riddle, B., (2017), 'Percy Pilcher's Hawk glider flies again,' Aerospace June 2017 p. 52
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