On This Day 2 February 1845, aviator Horatio Frederick Phillips was born and lived in Streatham at 99 Sunnyhill Road
Phillips developed an early interest in flight and devoted much time and money to the study of aerodynamics. In the early 1880s he built a wind tunnel to test aerofoils, and took out patents for aerofoils in 1884 and 1891.
He also built a 15 ft radius rotating arm to test wing sections. In 1893 he built a tethered steam-powered model aircraft, and eventually he built full size aircraft with numerous wings of narrow chord, and with one of these he managed to make a flight of about 500 ft. in 1907.
(Grace's Guide)
Phillips developed an early interest in flight and devoted much time and money to the study of aerodynamics. In the early 1880s he built a wind tunnel to test aerofoils, and took out patents for aerofoils in 1884 and 1891.
He also built a 15 ft radius rotating arm to test wing sections. In 1893 he built a tethered steam-powered model aircraft, and eventually he built full size aircraft with numerous wings of narrow chord, and with one of these he managed to make a flight of about 500 ft. in 1907.
(Grace's Guide)
