1809年,一位名为乔治·凯利的英国人驾驶着自己设计的滑翔器,由马车在前面拉着,“滑翔”了几米远的距离。从此,滑翔机便产生了。威尔伯·莱特(第一架飞机的发明者)曾经高度评价乔治·凯利——“是他把飞行科学推进到一个以前从未达到过的水平,而且在下个世纪也几乎没有人能达到这个水平。” In 1809, a Briton named George Kelly drove a glider of his own design, pulled by the carriage in front of him, “gliding” a few meters away. Since then, glider will be produced. Wilbur Wright (the inventor of the first aircraft) once praised George Kelly - “that he pushed flight science to a level he had never achieved before and hardly anyone could reach it in the next century This level. ”