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Clarence Gilbert Taylor or C. Gilbert Taylor, or C.G.Taylor, or "CG" as his family apparently called him Source.
Another copy of photograph of the glider: https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/6573hjpg
What might his D-1 glider offer hang gliding?
What was the weight of the D-1 glider?
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D-1 Glider
William Piper asked C. G. Taylor to build an airplane smaller and lighter than the Chummy, Taylor's failed venture. Taylor first designed the D-1 Glider, which had a steel tube frame, lightweight wings, and a tailskid. Taylor and Piper pulled it behind a car to flight test it, while Piper's son Tony noted about its size, “You just put it on.”
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C.G. Taylor
In 1911 at the age of 13, Clarence Gilbert Taylor marveled at the Wright EX Vin Fizflying over upstate New York on the first flight across the United States.
As a teenager, he built his first design (without an engine) in the attic of his home in Rochester, New York, and lowered the sections out a window to the yard for assembly. Taylor learned engineering at various jobs before managing the Tool, Die and Specialty Company with his father and brother, Gordon.
Note: Avoid confusing C. G. Taylor with a different Charles E. Taylor. Also avoid confusing C.G. Taylor's brother Gordon A. Taylor.
