What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: Sir George Cayley The father of aeronautics Born at Scarborough 27th December 1773 Died at Brompton Hall 15th December 1857 Scientific aeronautical experiment was pioneered from this building. Here the aeroplane was defined for the first time circa 1799-1855
Sir George Cayley, born in 1773 and died in 1857, pioneered scientific aeronautical experiments and first defined the modern airplane's basic structure around 1799-1855.
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