Building Gliders by the Airfield

A gliding club on the edge of a grass airfield, with a hangar and a windsock beyond the wall. Upstairs left, three men plan a route over a relief model of hills and rivers beneath a map of Britain. In the middle, a man in a white coat and a woman inspect a spread-out parachute, below drawings of open canopies and rows of harness straps. At the right, a red-papered office has a timetable board, pennants and a drawing desk where a man marks plans. Downstairs left, a mechanic shapes a wooden wing on a bench. In the centre of the hangar, two men watch a wooden glider fuselage take shape between two wing frames. At the right, a woman and a pilot go through flight records on a chalkboard. The bare wooden ribs of the glider stand out against the hangar floor, a shape that is hard to lose.