In 1931, British altitude and distance records for gliders were established over the moors near here, as recounted by the novelist, pilot, and aeronautical engineer Nevil Shute in his memoir, Slide Rule.
Nevil Shute, who was also a novelist, pilot, and aeronautical engineer, wrote about how British altitude and distance records for gliders were set over the moors near here in 1931 in his memoir Slide Rule.