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Glanville Aircraft - Family Gyrocopter
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- January 3, 1977 - August 13, 1979
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- W7 B1 F50 1
- W7 B1 F50 2
- W7 B1 F50 3
- W7 B1 F50 4
- W7 B1 F50 5
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- W7 B1 F50 1
- W7 B1 F50 2
- W7 B1 F50 3
- W7 B1 F50 4
- W7 B1 F50 5
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- January 3, 1977 - August 13, 1979
- Series
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds - Glanville Aircraft file
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 16.3 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 17.7 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 13 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 17.5 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 17.5 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 17 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 17 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 19.5 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 14.7 cm
- 2 newspaper clippings
- Scope and Content
- Three black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published January 3, 1977 with captions:
- "Unique Craft - Kemp Glanville gets help from his sons Ed, left, and Michael, right, as he constructs, according to specifications, the new, two-seater gyrocopter in his machine shop. Mr. Glanville has the exclusive Canadian dealership for the craft which was designed by an engineer in California. The model will be completed this spring." (1a)
- "Machine Shop - Ed Glanville, 13, works on one of the aluminum parts for the gyrocopter. The 30 by 90-foot workshop contains a miniature machine shop, as well as providing storage space for a number of other vehicles including four hydroplanes and a glider." (1b)
- "Wall of Tools - Michael Glanville selects some equipment from the assortment of tools in the shop. Eventually they expect to manufacture parts for the two-seater Hollman HA-2M Sportster for all of Canada." (1c)
- Three black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published December 2, 1978 with captions:
- "So That's A Gyroplane - Ed, 15, and Michael Glanville, 21, pose with the Glanville Skymaster Gyroplane that they have built and designed with their father Kemp. The craft is being propelled by a regular airplane engine behind the cockpit, while the rotating blade on top acts as a wing. The machine is exclusive in Canada and will be built in St. Thomas." (2a)
- "Ordinary Propellor - Kemp Glanville stands beside the airplane engine propeller, which in the gyroplane, is located behind the cockpit. It powers the craft forward while a rotating blade on top of the craft lifts it off the ground." (2b)
- "At The Controls - Ed and Michael demonstrate the two seat dual controls in the enclosed cockpit." (2c)
- Black and white profile photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published March 21, 1979 with caption: "Test Flight - After two years in the making, Michael Glanville took the first circuit flight on Canada's only two-seater gyrocopter at the St. Thomas Municipal airport on Tuesday. The craft, called a Skymaster GA-2C, will be manufactured exclusively in St. Thomas by Glanville Aircraft. It was designed and built by Kemp Glanville and his two sons, Michael, 21, and Eddie, 15. It consists of an enclosed, two-seater dual control cockpit, with a propellor behind, providing the lift for the rotor blade on the top, which acts as a rotating wing. The Glanvilles will continue with their experiments this summer and show the craft at various air displays. Mr. Glanville is the president of the St. Thomas, London Chapter 112 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc." (3)
- Black and white profile photograph used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published August 13, 1979 with caption: "Bring Home Grand Champion Trophy - Kemp Glanville and sons, Ed and Michael, of St. Thomas, pose in front of their two-seater gyrocopter which earned them the Grand Champion Rotor Aircraft trophy at the recent Experimental Air Association convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The entry was the best of more that 100 entries in the category, and marked the first time that the trophy has come to Canada. About 400,000 people attended this year's convention held the first week of August." (4)
- Black and white profile photograph picturing Kemp Glanville, Michael Glanville and Ed Glanville working on an aircraft, used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published unknown date with unknown caption. (5)
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Subject Access
- Air Travel
- Newspapers
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