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Wild ...but correct.
The De Monge 5.1 of 1921. Intended for the Coupe Deutsch and British Aerial Derby races but failed to compete in either. Converted from biplane to monoplane form with fatal results to pilot Count Bernard de Romanet due to flutter in the now unsupported upper wing.
Pictures and info from the late Tom Foxworth's The Speed Seekers 1975.
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The De Monge 5.1 of 1921. Intended for the Coupe Deutsch and British Aerial Derby races but failed to compete in either. Converted from biplane to monoplane form with fatal results to pilot Count Bernard de Romanet due to flutter in the now unsupported upper wing.
Pictures and info from the late Tom Foxworth's The Speed Seekers 1975.
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De Monge
That's him. Belgian Viscount Louis Pierre de Monge de Franeau, founder of the WW1 propellor manufacturer Etablissememts Lumiere.
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one 11.. The reason for my statement "Wild quess" was that I thought the subject aircraft had a radial engine, other factors seemed to fit i.e. the cockpit door and side windows and I was not too sure if it was a biplane.
Many thanks for a very interesting challenge.
Here is the next one:-
Many thanks for a very interesting challenge.
Here is the next one:-
Mel, no guesses so far, so I'll have a go.
British, 1920s, cabin monoplane, low-wing, Gipsy engine? How am I doing?
British, 1920s, cabin monoplane, low-wing, Gipsy engine? How am I doing?
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Sorry for the delay. It was British, however a bit later than the 1920s, it was a low wing cabin monoplane with a Gipsy Major engine and was a structurally innovative one-off aircraft.
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Sorry for the delay. It was British, however a bit later than the 1920s, it was a low wing cabin monoplane with a Gipsy Major engine and was a structurally innovative one-off aircraft.
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This one was not from Vickers or built using geodetic construction introduced by Barnes Wallis at Vickers. At first the Ministry of Aviation rejected the novel form of construction used on this aircraft.
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One11 . You have it, it is indeed the DeBruyne Snark otherwise known as the Aero Research Snark.
You have control.
You have it, it is indeed the DeBruyne Snark otherwise known as the Aero Research Snark.
In 1931, Doctor Norman de Bruyne, a professor at Cambridge University founded the Cambridge Aircraft Construction Company in a workshop at the flying school at the Cambridge airport. He was the first pupil of the school, learned to fly and soon bought a Gypsy Moth biplane. Convinced that British aircraft design had 'got stuck in a rut', he and a friend designed and built a low-wing monoplane called the Snark. The project took three years, and he changed the name of the company to Aero Research, and moved it to Duxford, ten miles south of Cambridge and the site of the Ciba-Geigy plant that today makes Aerolite.
The Snark was an all-wood design assembled with casein glue which was the only glue available with even the slightest water resistance.
Though stressed plywood skinned aircraft had been built before, it was claimed at the time that the Snark was the first to have be designed with full stress calculations, including loads carried by both wing and fuselage skins.
The Snark was an all-wood design assembled with casein glue which was the only glue available with even the slightest water resistance.
Though stressed plywood skinned aircraft had been built before, it was claimed at the time that the Snark was the first to have be designed with full stress calculations, including loads carried by both wing and fuselage skins.
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It IS the Do.X. Thought it might have been listed before but apparently not.
Here is an outside view of those cockpit (or should it be bridge) windows.
You have control C2J
Here is an outside view of those cockpit (or should it be bridge) windows.
You have control C2J
C2j,
I presume it is a US aircraft, possibly a trainer.
I love the fact that it has two placards about lowering the wheels before landing. I can envision an angry crew-chief making a stencil in large letters, after a spate of gear-up landings.
I presume it is a US aircraft, possibly a trainer.
I love the fact that it has two placards about lowering the wheels before landing. I can envision an angry crew-chief making a stencil in large letters, after a spate of gear-up landings.