In ‘Lakeland Aviation and Airfields of the 20th century’ by Ken Davies – Regional publications, Freshwater, Isle of Wight – see pages 28 & 29 – states that that the experiments with the Falcon glider were a great success and it seems that an idea of using them in clandestine operations started the experiments.

My books are packed at the moment but it sounds like the same story that the son of one of the experimenters told me some time ago. The trouble is, it sounds more like a round the dinner table conversation than real history. Why would the Air Ministry entrust such a project to two skilled enthusiasts and a joinery workshop in the Lake District rather than one of the aviation firms with flying boat experience? I await coroboratory evidence before attaching too much weight to it. However, don’t let that distract too much from the story of the glider which is fascinating – and it survives.

Also the glider is still in the Windermere Steamboat Museum along with another exhibit – the oldest working RR aero engine in the world from one of the earliest airships!.
Would be interested to hear from anyone who has been in there.

It is a lovely little museum and well worth a visit but, unfortunately, closed at the moment for refurbishment. The Rolls Royce Hawk engine in Canfly hasn’t been run for a while and will have lost its title as the oldest working for the moment. I do hope the new team running the museum are able to get some of the boats back into working order, including Canfly.
And it would be nice to see something fly from the lake again – it has been a while.