Name that Flying Machine
Guys, slow things down - it as this back and forward posting of challenges that led to the 24 hour rule 
I've been banned for breaking the rule in the past (on a Christmas Day no less) - I hope they don't come after you
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As already posted on another thread please stick to at least 24 hours before announcing a winner. As a world wide forum we should be conscious of those on a different time zone who were left out of the UK/European back and forth.
Sam Cody (actually Cowdery was his full name) was more 'rotund' than the person shown and looking at the aircraft, the drive to the props was more reminiscent of Wright flyers rather than Cody.
Moore-Brabazo in one of his early aircraft. Don't know what he called it
Edited to add Short Biplane No 1 which was a copy of one of the Wrights
Edited to add Short Biplane No 1 which was a copy of one of the Wrights
Last edited by oxenos; 27th May 2023 at 08:53.
Neither Cody nor Moore-Brabazon. Rather more esoteric than that, a strange story that I'd not come across before.
Oops! My bad, the fella was a Scot with American education, early career and this aeroplane (C.1910) was in a third country. Dabbled in airships too.
Oops! My bad, the fella was a Scot with American education, early career and this aeroplane (C.1910) was in a third country. Dabbled in airships too.
Last edited by meleagertoo; 27th May 2023 at 11:37.
Never mind 24 hours, Sr Pilot, we’ll need 24 weeks for this one. Looks like Henri Farman, Hiram Maxim and Alexander Graham Bell tried to assemble a Wright Flyer together without reading the instructions first. Again I have no idea what it is, Meleagertoo, but I had fun looking for it and learnt a lot about early flying machines on the way.
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Never mind 24 hours, Sr Pilot, we’ll need 24 weeks for this one. Looks like Henri Farman, Hiram Maxim and Alexander Graham Bell tried to assemble a Wright Flyer together without reading the instructions first. Again I have no idea what it is, Meleagertoo, but I had fun looking for it and learnt a lot about early flying machines on the way.
It's the 'Experimental Aeroplane Kennedy #1', designed by J. H. Chesborough MacKenzie-Kennedy who was indeed an American-educated Scot whose aircraft were built in Russia.
More information at https://www.alexanderpalace.org/aeri...flyingmen.html .
More information at https://www.alexanderpalace.org/aeri...flyingmen.html .
Last edited by BEagle; 29th May 2023 at 11:15.
Beagle has it, well done, that was pretty obscure to say the least.
Chesborough MacKenzie-Kennedy returned to UK when the 1st WW broke out and built a gigantic bomber which was not a success.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thr...rojects.26689/
Chesborough MacKenzie-Kennedy returned to UK when the 1st WW broke out and built a gigantic bomber which was not a success.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thr...rojects.26689/
