George Cayley
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Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet was an English engineer, inventor and aviator. He was a pioneer of aeronautical engineering and is sometimes referred to as "the father of aviation", designing the first
Portrait by Henry Perronet Briggs, c. 1840
Cayley's glider in Mechanics' Magazine, 1852
Replica of Cayley's glider at the Yorkshire Air Museum
Blue plaque commemorating Cayley in Mayfair, London
Seat belt
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A seat belt or seatbelt, also known as a safety belt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the driver or a passenger of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision o
George Cayley
…self-righting lifeboats, tension-spoke wheels, the "Universal Railway" (his term for caterpillar tractors), automatic signals for railway crossings, seat belts, small scale helicopters, and a kind of prototypical internal combustion engine fuelled by gunpowder (Gunpowder engine). He suggested that a more…
Buckling a three-point seat belt
"2-point" belt in an airplane
Airplane ("2-point") belt on display
Airplane ("3-point") belt on display