Arup Airplane
This airplane was designed by Dr. C.L. Snyder, a podiatrist from South Bend, Indiana.
Plane With Semicircular Wing Can’t Tailspin (original article)
Early development of tailless aircraft in the United States (Century of Flight)
The flying “Heel Lift” – Arup S2 and S4 flying wings (Youtube)
Klemm L20
Baron F. M. Koenig Warthausen describes his trip around the world in a two-cylinder powered Klemm L20. Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean legs of the trip were made by steamer.
My Twin-Cylinder Flight Around The World (original article)
Baron F. M. Koenig Warthausen (Wikipedia)
Klemm (Wikipedia)
Christmas "Bullet"
Myron M. Stearns describes the flying wing design and other works of Dr. W. W. Christmas. From the Wikipedia article one gets an impression that Dr. Christmas was somewhat of a confidence guy. Some of his claims were never substantiated and his Bullet design suffered structural failures with those thin strutless wings being the obvious structural weakness.
The Flying Wing (original article)
Christmas Bullet (Wikipedia)
Dr. William Wallace Whitney Christmas (North Carolina Centennial Of Flight)
Bert Hinkler's Avro Avian
This story describes the historic flight by Bert Hinkler in his Avro “Avian” from London to Australia in sixteen days.
Half Around The World In Sixteen Days (original article)
Bert Hinkler (Wikipedia)
Avro Avian (Wikipedia)
Junkers W 33 - Bremen
Captain Herman Koehl (Hermann Köhl) describes the first non-stop fixed-wing aircraft westbound flight over the North Atlantic in a Junkers W 33 plane “Bremen”.
Lessons Of The First Westward Flight (original article)
Junker W33 (Wikipedia)
Hermann Köhl (Wikipedia)
Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld (Wikipedia)
James Fitzmaurice (Wikipedia)
Dick Grace
Leland S. Jamieson describes the world of Hollywood stunt pilots primarily through the work of pilot Dick Grace, one of the few stunt pilots who died from old age.
Crashes Made To Order (original article)
Dick Grace (Wikipedia)
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)
Eiffel Tower
This short news item describes a fatal flying mistake as the result of a wager. It might be a valuable lesson for a young pilot.
Flight Under Eiffel Tower Wrecked By Radio Wire (original article)
Flying Bathtub
This interesting airplane was designed and built by a French aircraft mechanic working at McCook Field. I suspect “French mechanic” was Jean Alfred Roche, the designer of Aeronca C-2 which is commonly known as the “Flying Bathtub”.
“Flying Bathtub” Built Out Of Junk Wins Air-Meet Race (original article)
Flying Bathtubs Sell Like Hotcakes (Air & Space article)
Tandem Triplane
This article describes a very interesting tandem triplane design being built in Kansas City, Missouri. I am sure if it was ever completed because I could not find any other references about this airplane.
Tandem Triplane Has Noteworthy Features (original article)
