HAMPSHIRE AERO CLUB glider

   Patrick Y. Alexander, who had devoted his time and fortune to the advancement of aeronautics since about 1890, was the president of this club. Among his previous work was support for the United Services College (later the Imperial Service College) at Windsor where, in 1909-1910, he encouraged the making of models by the students, leading to a full size glider. It was this machine that he transferred to Gosport for the use of the Hampshire club.
   The glider consisted of a braced biplane structure with four pairs of interplane struts each side and no other stabilizing or control surfaces. The operator stood on the front spar of the lower wing and was towed into a suitable breeze by the helpers on the ground. Some degree of control may have been possible by weight shift by the operator.
   The glider was first flown at Fort Grange, Gosport in April 1910 and also later that year.