Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire is one of the only English religious houses with a history lasting from the 600s to the ...

A little later on, an English monk in the 11th century named Eilmer of Malmesbury similarly strapped feathers to his arms and leaped from the top tower of Malmesbury Abbey. He was airborne for a ...

For instance, in “With Eilmer of Malmesbury,” the 11th-century Benedictine monk is the counterpoint to the death of a friend’s child. Other poems on mortality, including a number of ...

Another ill-fated flyer was Brother Elmer, who in 1010 repeated Icarus attempt by attaching a set of wings to his arms and jumping off the tower of Malmesbury Abbey. Needless to say the hopeless ...

The Vikings were permanently defeated. MONK Eilmer of Malmesbury launched first primitive hang glider from an Abbey tower. He flew 200 yards, landed, and broke his legs. ON May 13, Crusaders under ...

Tom goes to the spot where Eilmer of Malmesbury, an 11th century English monk, made one of the earliest attempts at flight in the British Isles. Inspired by the Greek fable of Daedalus ...