Brockway

History

Per Goodall and Tagg [1], a glider was reported on 4 November 1911, associated with Brockway, of 1 College St., Cleethorpes, Lincs., but no details given. Per the 1911 census (conducted on 2 April), 1 College Street was the residence of one Jesse Rhodes.

However, a letter in Flight for 20 January 1912 from F.G. Brockway (probably Fred Garrett Brockway, b. 1884 in Norton, Malton, Yorkshire – d. 19 February 1950 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire):

In the last paragraph on page 850 of issue of Flight September 30th, your correspondent "Oiseau Bleu" briefly describes a lateral stability control which has been successfully tried at Juvisy. From his description the device mentioned is identical with one I provisionally patented nearly two years ago, and a model of which was exhibited on the Aeroplane Supply Co.'s stand at the 1910 Aero Show at Olympia. I was then building a machine on which to try same but business took me abroad and the matter was in abeyance until I returned recently. I am now getting ready to experiment again, but unless I can get some firm to try it on one of their completed machines it may be some time before any results can be published.

Possibly this refers to the same Brockway glider?

Company References

1. British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
2. Flight 20 Jan 1912

Project Data

Production Details and Type Description

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