Aircraft with a single wing mounted in or below the fuselage, including autogiros
The first sustained flight of a powered airplane in Europe was made by Santos-Dumont on November 12th, 1906, in a biplane of his design. In 1907 he began work on a monoplane, and after much alteration, he finally developed the highly successful little monoplane, the “Demoiselle,” the smallest aeroplane in [...]
The 1911 version of Robert Esnault-Pelterie differed radically from the older type in the method of elevation control and in the construction of the tail as well as in propeller, motor, etc. This type was built in two sizes (one or two seater) and largely preserved the graceful lines of its predecessors. After [...]
The 1909 R. E. P. monoplane was considered by many to be one of the most perfect types of aeroplanes. Great finish was exhibited in its construction and form, but due probably to motor troubles it never was flown for any great length of time. M. Pelterie, the designer, was one of [...]
Resting on its undercarriage of 4 equally-spaced wheels, the Pfitzner monoplane might be compared to a flying grocery cart, with very long, rectangular wings.
In the early part of January, 1910, the monoplane designed by Mr. A. L. Pfitzner and built at the Curtiss aeroplane factory at Hammondsport, N. Y., was completed and flown. [...]
78 miles per hour!
In 1911, at the third competition for the Gordon Bennett trophy in Eastchurch, England, an American aviator, Charles Weymann, won the cup while flying an extraordinary new monoplane - the Nieuport II. With an overall speed of 78 MPH, but allowing for turns, he must have done around 90 miles an hour [...]
June 4, 1910 - a sixteen year boy, Marcel Hanriot, takes off in a graceful aeroplane designed by his father, Rene Hanriot.
The Hanriot monoplane was developed in 1910, and gave aviators excellent results. It did not depart radically from common monoplane lines of the time, but differed largely in structural details [...]
The early Hans Grade monoplane resembles a modern ultra-light, with the the pilot perched under the wing and small engine, sitting in a light under-carriage.
Hans Grade was one of the first German aviators to design and successfully fly an aeroplane. In the fall of 1909 he began flights on his interesting monoplane, and [...]
In November, 1914, the Japanese surrounded the German outpost of Tsingtao, China. Aviator Gunther Pluschow was ordered by the Governor to escape capture to Germany.
Pluschow flew out of Tsingtao in his Rumpler Taube monoplane on a cold morning, amidst heavy anti-aircraft fire from the surrounding hills, swarming with Japanese soldiers. With a packet of [...]
The four-seater Bleriot “Aero-bus,” first flown in February, 1911, at Pau, was a very marked departure from the usual Bleriot types. The passengers sat under the main plane, as on the old No. XII, and as many as nine passengers were carried with ease.
The huge propeller, 10 feet in diameter, [...]
After his famous cross-Channle flight in his type XI airplane, Louis Bleriot also designed a passenger-carrying type of monoplane, the No. XII., which differed in structure from the No. XI. A type similar in form to the No. XII. is the small No. XIII., with which Bleriot attained high speed at Rheims [...]
