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Picture No 10208438
Date 30 September 1899
Description Percy Pilcher's fatal flight 1899
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Photographs showing Pilcher ready to start and in mid flight on his invention the 'Gliding' machine. On 30th September 1899, the weather was wet and stormy, not to disappoint onlookers and potential sponsors he decided to make the flight at 4 pm. Whilst flying, the tail snapped and Pilcher plunged 10 metres (30 ft) to the ground, he died two days later from his injuries.
Source Photographs in 'The Graphic', 7 October 1899, page 494
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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