The Arc-en-Ciel
This short news item describes René Couzinet’s The Arc-en-Ciel Number 1 which crashed and killed its famous pilot Maurice Drouhin and his mechanic. René Couzinet is one of the aviation’s pioneers that deserves greater recognition.
Flying Fort Lifts Five-And-A-Half-Ton Load (original article)
René Couzinet (aerostories.free.fr)
Rohrbach Romer Seaplane
This short news item describes then the world’s largest seaplane – Rohrbach Romer.
World’s Biggest Seaplane Flown Successfully (original article)
Rohrbach Romer (Wikipedia)
German Glider
This article describes German gliders during 1920′s. After the WWI Germans we were forbidden to have an air-force. Many of these glider pilots later became Luftwaffe pilots.
Motorless Ships Of The Air (original article)
Heath Airplane
This short news item describes this tiny airplane that one could buy for $575 complete. The airplane is not identified but this can only be one of the first Ed Heath’s Parasols.
Tiny Airplane Flies Forty Miles On Gallon Of Gasoline (original article)
Heath Parasol (Wikipedia)
DH.71 Tiger Moth
This article described de Havilland’s highly streamlined DH.71 Tiger Moth.
Midget High-Speed Airplane Has Eighty-Horse Motor (original article)
de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth (Wikipedia)
Geoffrey de Havilland (Wikipedia)
List Of de Havilland Aircraft (Wikipedia)
1915 Thomas Bros Aeroplane Co Ad
Here is an advertisement for Thomas Bros. Aeroplane Co of Ithaca, New York as it appeared in Aerial Age Weekly – May 10, 1915.
Thomas Bros. Aeroplane Co Ad (original ad)
Dornier
This short article describes the development of enormous flying boats in Germany. The picture shows a Dornier flying boat with a capacity of sixty passengers. It describes even bigger airplanes planned by Junkers.
Planes Planned For Transatlantic Service (original article)
Dornier Do R Superwal (Wikipedia)
Dornier Superwal flying boat 1926 (Youtube)
Thomas Military Tractor
Walter H. Phipps provides a detailed description of Thomas Military Tractor. I believe this is the model which was later called T-2. T-2 was designed by Benjamin D. Thomas who also designed the famous Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny”. Benjamin D. Thomas was no relation of Thomas brothers who started the Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company which manufactured T2. The company was later called Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corporation after it merged with Frank L. Morse who headed Morse Chain Company of Ithaca, NY.
The New Thomas 100 H.P. Military Tractor (original article)
Thomas Brothers T-2 (Wikipedia)
Thomas-Morse Aircraft (Wikipedia)
Burgess-Dunne Airplane
Walter H. Phipps provides a detailed description of Burgess-Dunne airplane.
The Burgess-Dunne Military Convertible Land And Water Plane (original article)
William Starling Burgess (Wikipedia)
John William Dunne (Wikipedia)
Hill Tailless Airplane
This short article describes one of the G. T. R. Hill’s tailless airplanes. Hill was a British pioneer in flying wing design.
Tailless Airplane Is Hailed As Fool-Proof (original article)
European Flying Wings between the wars (century-of-flight.net)
