Category Archives: Concepts
Historical Look At Japan’s First Dirigibles
I was finally catching up on my reading the other day, when an article from the New Zealand newspaper, Clutha Leader dated September 26, 1911 – page 2, I discovered some information on Japan’s attempt to build the world’s then-largest … Continue reading
Wills’s Aviation Card #60 – “Dunne V.” Biplane.
History Behind The Card: “Dunne V.” Biplane. Card #60 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Vice Regal Mixture – black back issue Captain John William Dunne, XXXX, XX, 1875 in Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Leinster, Republic of Ireland … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Failures, Gliders, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, Tobacco Card
Tagged Aster Engineering Company, Blair Atholl Aeroplane Syndicate, Colonel Clapper, Dunne-Huntington Triplane, Green Engine Company, Griffith Brewer, J.W. Dunne, Orville Wright, Photography, S.K. Huntington, Short Brothers
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Wills’s Aviation Card #57 – “Givaudin II.” Triplane.
History Behind The Card: “Givaudin II.” Triplane. Card #57 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut issue Claude Givaudan, September 16, 1872 in Caluire-et-Cuire, a suburb of Lyon, France – October 30, 1945 in France. It’s … Continue reading
Wills’s Aviation Card #54 – “Piquerez” Biplane.
History Behind The Card: “Piquerez” Biplane. Card #54 of 85, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut black reverse Paul Jules Jean-Jacques Koechlin, in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), France, May 7, 1881 – August 17, 1916, Étinehem, France. Alfred Ritter … Continue reading
Posted in Aeroplane Factories, Air Shows, Concepts, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, People, Pilots, Tobacco Card
Tagged 1908 Koechlin No. 1 Biplane, Alfred de Pischof, Alfred de Pischoff, Anzani engine, Captain Walter George Windham, Dutheil-Chalmers engine, Lucien Chauvière, Marthe Niel, Paul Koechlin, Pischof Autoplan, Pischoff 1907 Biplane, Pischoff and Koechlin monoplane of 1908, Pischoff-Koechlin, Prix de Lagatinerie, Voisin aeroplane, Windham Pischoff Flyer
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Wills’s Aviation Card #53 – Vedovelli Multiplane.
History Behind The Card: Vedovelli Multiplane. Card #53 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut issue Édouard Vedovelli, month-day-year in France – month-day-year death in parts unknown. I always wanted to write that… to say it … Continue reading
Checklist For Wills’s Cigarettes Aviation 1910 – 50 Cards
Checklist For Wills’s Cigarettes Aviation 1910 – 50 Cards “Flying Ship” of Francesco de Lana. Montgolfier, 1783. First Balloon Flight in England, 1784. First Successful Crossing the Channel, 1785. First Parachute Display, 1837. First “dirigible,” 1852. First Successful Dirigible, 1883. … Continue reading
Various Balloon Fantasies
I don’t know Daniel Berek, but he has compiled a grouping of images depicting fantasy aircraft before the Wright Brothers… of men and women who thought of things just a bit differently. Such as the Batson Aero Yacht… a flying … Continue reading
It Sucked To Be An Early Innovative Aviation Inventor
By the time the general populous heard of the Wright Brother’s and their fabulous new aeroplane, they had actually had five successful years to improve upon their original flight, and put in numerous years previous working out aerodynamics, power-to-weight ratios, … Continue reading →