Tailless aeroplane, the Hill "Pterodactyl" Mk.I, with additional wood and steel components

designer:
Geoffrey Terence Roland Hill

Tailless aeroplane, the Hill "Pterodactyl" Mk.I, with Bristol Cherub engine, with additional wood and steel components, by Captain Geoffrey T R Hill, England, 1920-1940

Tailless aeroplane, the Hill "Pterodactyl" Mk.I, with Bristol Cherub engine, by Captain Geoffrey T R Hill, England, 1920-1940

Tailless aeroplane

1920-1940
Wooden component from the tailless aeroplane

Wooden component from the tailless aeroplane

1920-1940
Steel component from the tailless aeroplane

Steel component from the tailless aeroplane

1920-1940

Details

Category:
Aeronautics
Object Number:
1951-218
type:
aeroplane
credit:
Hill, G.T.R.

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