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Sopwith 8F1 Snail single seat fighter, designed in late 1917, doomed because its engine was not accepted. Only two were completed -- seen here is the second, serial no. C 4288, with monocoque plywood fuselage and forward staggered wings. Stock Photo

RM2M97GX0–Sopwith 8F1 Snail single seat fighter, designed in late 1917, doomed because its engine was not accepted. Only two were completed -- seen here is the second, serial no. C 4288, with monocoque plywood fuselage and forward staggered wings.

Scheibe SF-27M G-BCBN, single-seat medium-performance motor-sailplane with retractable engine, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition. Stock Photo

RM2M9A6NR–Scheibe SF-27M G-BCBN, single-seat medium-performance motor-sailplane with retractable engine, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition.

RM2RG9WJ7–Scheibe SF-27M G-BCBN, single-seat medium-performance motor-sailplane with retractable engine, at Husbands Bosworth airfield during a UK National Gliding Competition.

United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223. Built as a landplane for racing and engine development testing, the XF3W-1 was later fitted with a pair of floats and also a single float with stabilisers, for seaworthiness trials and shipboard trials on battleships. Stock Photo

RM2M9A3TR–United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223. Built as a landplane for racing and engine development testing, the XF3W-1 was later fitted with a pair of floats and also a single float with stabilisers, for seaworthiness trials and shipboard trials on battleships.

Keeler-Cornelius Fre-Wing X182W (msn PW-1). In the mid-1920s George Wilbur Cornelius started a program of experimentation on variable incidence wings, forming the Cornelius Aircraft Co. at Glendale, California in 1930.The first aircraft, the Fre-Wing, was designed by Cornelius and C.C. Spangenberger as a parasol monoplane single-seater in which the incidence of the mainplanes was adjusted differentially like ailerons, and collectively like elevators in conjunction with a stabilator tailplane. The design was briefly revived in early 1941 by Cornelius-Hoepli, powered by a 130hp Franklin engine. Stock Photo

RM2M9AF3B–Keeler-Cornelius Fre-Wing X182W (msn PW-1). In the mid-1920s George Wilbur Cornelius started a program of experimentation on variable incidence wings, forming the Cornelius Aircraft Co. at Glendale, California in 1930.The first aircraft, the Fre-Wing, was designed by Cornelius and C.C. Spangenberger as a parasol monoplane single-seater in which the incidence of the mainplanes was adjusted differentially like ailerons, and collectively like elevators in conjunction with a stabilator tailplane. The design was briefly revived in early 1941 by Cornelius-Hoepli, powered by a 130hp Franklin engine.

United States Army - Hiller YH-32-UH Hornet 55-4963 (msn 7), at an air display on a US Naval Air Station, (note the single-bladed tail-rotor and the hand-held starting engine, lying next to the helicopter). The Hiller YH-32 Hornet (company designation HJ-1) was an American ultralight helicopter built by Hiller Aircraft in the early 1950s. It was a small and unique design because it was powered by two Hiller 8RJ2B ramjet engines mounted on the rotor blade tips which weigh 13lbs each and deliver an equivalent of 45 h.p. for a total of 90 h.p. Versions of the HJ-1 Hornet were built for the United Stock Photo

RM2RGB7GY–United States Army - Hiller YH-32-UH Hornet 55-4963 (msn 7), at an air display on a US Naval Air Station, (note the single-bladed tail-rotor and the hand-held starting engine, lying next to the helicopter). The Hiller YH-32 Hornet (company designation HJ-1) was an American ultralight helicopter built by Hiller Aircraft in the early 1950s. It was a small and unique design because it was powered by two Hiller 8RJ2B ramjet engines mounted on the rotor blade tips which weigh 13lbs each and deliver an equivalent of 45 h.p. for a total of 90 h.p. Versions of the HJ-1 Hornet were built for the United

Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ace K-1 N69097. This single-seat biplane, powered by a 40hp Ace engine; was designed by Alexander Klemin (Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, NYU) and N W Dalton. The Prototype had a Ford T motor. One of the first aircraft to be built on an assembly line, primitive as it was. Four 'self-aligning' I-struts, all-wood frame, manufactured at the ACE Flying Field in New York City's Central Park.at a price of $2,500, eight were built, one of which made quite a splash in the national press when it landed on Clay St in Oakland CA as a publicity stunt, on 22 Januar Stock Photo

RM2M9AH6X–Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ace K-1 N69097. This single-seat biplane, powered by a 40hp Ace engine; was designed by Alexander Klemin (Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, NYU) and N W Dalton. The Prototype had a Ford T motor. One of the first aircraft to be built on an assembly line, primitive as it was. Four 'self-aligning' I-struts, all-wood frame, manufactured at the ACE Flying Field in New York City's Central Park.at a price of $2,500, eight were built, one of which made quite a splash in the national press when it landed on Clay St in Oakland CA as a publicity stunt, on 22 Januar

Weir W-2 , at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War. The company then became involved in rotorcraft, initially carrying out experiments on their own account and subsequently becoming the backers of the Cierva Autogiro Co. Ltd. The single-seat W-2 experimental autogyro was an improved W-1, and first flew during March 1934 from Abbotsinch. It was powered by a Weir O-92 Dryad II flat two-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled engine, developed from the Dryad moto Stock Photo

RM2RGAD79–Weir W-2 , at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War. The company then became involved in rotorcraft, initially carrying out experiments on their own account and subsequently becoming the backers of the Cierva Autogiro Co. Ltd. The single-seat W-2 experimental autogyro was an improved W-1, and first flew during March 1934 from Abbotsinch. It was powered by a Weir O-92 Dryad II flat two-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled engine, developed from the Dryad moto

Scene at Shoreham Aerodrome, as Mrs Maxine Freeman-Thomas (who later became Mrs F.G. Miles) poses in front of her single-seater Southern Martlet aircraft G-ABIF, construction number 205, the fifth production aircraft with an Armstrong Siddeley Genet II engine. Stock Photo

RM2M963A5–Scene at Shoreham Aerodrome, as Mrs Maxine Freeman-Thomas (who later became Mrs F.G. Miles) poses in front of her single-seater Southern Martlet aircraft G-ABIF, construction number 205, the fifth production aircraft with an Armstrong Siddeley Genet II engine.

Aichi AB-3 reconnaissance seaplane, ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy, for use on the Chinese Navy's new warship ordered from the Harima shipyard in Japan. Powered by a 130hp Gasuden radial engine, the airframe, when dismantled, was to fit into an area 3.20m (10ft 6in) by 3.3m (10ft l0in) wide. Drawing from experience in designing the closely related AB-2, Aichi's aircraft designer Tetsuo Miki completed the prototype in January 1932. Test flights were made by Aichi's test pilots, Kanekichi Yokoyama and Tamizo Amagai, from the port of Nagoya, beginning in February of that year. This becam Stock Photo

RM2M9A6NA–Aichi AB-3 reconnaissance seaplane, ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy, for use on the Chinese Navy's new warship ordered from the Harima shipyard in Japan. Powered by a 130hp Gasuden radial engine, the airframe, when dismantled, was to fit into an area 3.20m (10ft 6in) by 3.3m (10ft l0in) wide. Drawing from experience in designing the closely related AB-2, Aichi's aircraft designer Tetsuo Miki completed the prototype in January 1932. Test flights were made by Aichi's test pilots, Kanekichi Yokoyama and Tamizo Amagai, from the port of Nagoya, beginning in February of that year. This becam

RM2M9A6MN–Aichi AB-3 reconnaissance seaplane, ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy, for use on the Chinese Navy's new warship ordered from the Harima shipyard in Japan. Powered by a 130hp Gasuden radial engine, the airframe, when dismantled, was to fit into an area 3.20m (10ft 6in) by 3.3m (10ft l0in) wide. Drawing from experience in designing the closely related AB-2, Aichi's aircraft designer Tetsuo Miki completed the prototype in January 1932. Test flights were made by Aichi's test pilots, Kanekichi Yokoyama and Tamizo Amagai, from the port of Nagoya, beginning in February of that year. This becam