This book from 2017 describes the life and gliding and aeronautic experiments of John J. Montgomery. Montgomery flew gliders near San Diego between 1883 and 1885 which included ailerons for lateral control and later around 1905 designed gliders released from balloons up to 3000’ altitudes. Between these times he experimented with wind and water flows and described what essentially became the rotation theory of lift. He was killed in 1911 while experimenting with a glider to which he intended to add power. Montgomery Gibbs Executive in San Diego was renamed after him (previously Gibb’s Field).
The two authors are brothers who attended Santa Clara college when Montgomery taught and experimented for many years and they provide an overview of the earlier biographical work by some of the friars there.
Appendices reproduce several of Montgomery’s early writings on aerodynamics.
The two authors are brothers who attended Santa Clara college when Montgomery taught and experimented for many years and they provide an overview of the earlier biographical work by some of the friars there.
Appendices reproduce several of Montgomery’s early writings on aerodynamics.
