Background
DELONE, Nikolay was born on February 2, 1856.
Pioneer of Russian glider designer
DELONE, Nikolay was born on February 2, 1856.
1906-1928 professor of mech, Kiev Polytech Institute. 1908-1909 designed several biplane gliders which accomplished a great number of flights. Simultaneously organized an aeronautic circle at the Kiev Polytech Institute, from which many prominent aviators originated;/’»!)/: wrote one of the first glider-flying handbooks Ustroystvo deshyovogo i lykogo planera i sposoby letaniya na nyom (Building and Flying a Cheap Light Glider) (1910).