Barbara Cartland
In 1931, Barbara Cartland in collaboration with two RAF officers, designed a towed glider capable of carrying cargo. The Glider, named 'Barbara Cartland'was towed from RAF Manston to Reading on the 20th June 1931, where it
landed to deliver mail. Later that year the glider 'the Barbara
Cartland,' carrying a passenger, raced an express train from London to Blackpool and easily won. A
number of nations were soon to see such flights as the opening of a new
epoch in air travel, although the air-towing of gliders was banned in
Britain as being too dangerous.
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