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  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    A hang-glider pilot’s folder, 1946–2007

    Apr 06, 2021 3 minutes
    INTERVIEW BY ROSEMARY COLLINS

    Whether the idea of taking to the skies in a hang-glider fills you with terror or joy depends on how you feel about heights. An early form of the hang-glider was invented by Otto Lilienthal in Germany in 1891. Luckily, pioneers such as British inventor Len Gabriels pushed the frontiers of the hobby. After his death in February 2020, Len’s papers were deposited in Oldham Local Studies and Archives, where collections assistant Caroline Knight tells us what they reveal about his extraordinary life.

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