A website, archive and interactive space celebrating one of Britain's most innovative engineers and inventors, Frederick Lanchester
Fred’s interest in flight continued into the 20th century and he travelled to watch the Wright Brothers fly in France during their tour of Europe.
He wrote to them to share his ideas and Wilbur Wright replied on the 4th January 1909 treating Fred’s letter rather dismissively, preferring to ‘follow my usual plan, and let the truth make itself apparent in actual practice’.
An engaging lesson for KS3 and KS4 English based upon the power of advertising….
A STEM based lesson for KS2 and KS3 students exploring Fred Lanchester’s glider experiments from…
An engaging Design and Technology lesson for KS2 and KS3. Students design a Lanchester car…
A local history focused history lesson for KS2 and KS3 students exploring Coventry’s experience during…
A fun history lessons for KS2 and KS3. Students work on developing critical thinking, chronological…
In 1907 Fred published ‘Aerodynamics‘, the first part of his two volume publication called ‘Aerial…
Lanchester Motor Company was bought out by Birmingham Small Arms Ltd and managed by another…
In the same year (1895) that he developed the first all-British motor car and…