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Glider Altimeter and Clock, 1929-1939
P20060019001 and P20060019002
These flight instruments
were used by members of a glider aircraft club which operated in Lethbridge,
AB in the 1930s.
The club's original
members were teenage kids who were fascinated with early flight. Together,
they constructed their own primary glider and got it airborne within
the club's first year. By decade's end, they flew multiple gliders and
laid unofficial claim to the Canadian record for a cross country flight.
Sadly, the Lethbridge Gliding Club dissolved when war broke out in 1939.
Donated by Gary Hodge
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W.P. 'Stevie' Stevens in flight over
Lethbridge in the Club's unenclosed #2 Primary Glider, c. 1935-1936 The Lethbridge Gliding Club's hand
built #2 Primary Glider achieved altitudes of 1000 feet and from
1934 to 1937 made over 1500 flights. Donated by Gary Hodge This photo is also featured on our Flickr The Commons site
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#2 Primary Glider under construction
in club member Donated by Gary Hodge
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