What was Windermere's Water Glider?

Wartime experiments led to Windermere witnessing one of the Wakefield family’s innovations

On Windermere’s calm waters the Water Glider produces a tiny bow wave.
On Windermere’s calm waters the Water Glider produces a tiny bow wave. VIA PETE LONDON

Wednesday 3 February 1943: at Lake Windermere, that morning a stiff breeze gathered. Abruptly the peace was shattered by the loud rumble of a powerful engine. Watching from the shore, a small crowd of men and women waited patiently. On the lake, final preparations were made for the first ascent by a form of flying machine very rarely seen.

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