Percy Pilcher

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Percy Pilcher was a pioneering British aviation engineer and glider designer of the late 19th century, regarded as one of the key early experimenters in human flight.

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instanceOf aviation pioneer
glider designer
person
birthDate 1866-01-16
birthPlace Bath, Somerset, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace Brompton Cemetery, London NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath injuries from glider crash
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfAccident 1899-09-30
deathDate 1899-10-02
designed The Bat (glider) NERFINISHED
The Beetle (glider) NERFINISHED
The Gull (glider) NERFINISHED
The Hawk (glider) NERFINISHED
employer University of Glasgow NERFINISHED
era late 19th century
familyName Pilcher NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering
aviation
glider design
fullName Percival Spencer Pilcher NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Percival NERFINISHED
hasRelative Ada Pilcher NERFINISHED
Thomas Pilcher NERFINISHED
influencedBy Otto Lilienthal NERFINISHED
knownFor being a key early experimenter in aviation in the United Kingdom
designing and flying hang gliders
early experiments in human flight
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality British
notableWork Hawk glider NERFINISHED
occupation aviation engineer
engineer
inventor
placeOfDeath near Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, England
plannedToBuild powered flying machine
positionHeld assistant to Professor of Engineering at the University of Glasgow
regardedAs a key early experimenter in human flight
one of the earliest British aviation pioneers
servedIn Royal Navy NERFINISHED

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Brompton Cemetery hasNotableBurial Percy Pilcher