That afternoon, a 40 minute walk from Brompton Road, where Harrod's is located,
to Oxford Street turned into a 2 hour marathon.
He went on to publish the design for a full-size manned glider or"governable parachute" to be launched from a balloon in 1852 and then to construct a version capable of launching from the top of a hill,
which carried the first adult aviator across Brompton Dale in 1853.