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AVRO    First Cabin Plane     Mid-hull Wing    1912
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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This thread is a lot of work.  Hang in there. 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Curtiss Flying Boat  1912
 
 
 


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Before we continue with our thrilling story of aviation, I think we need to do a little 'backstory'.....to fill in some gaps....
 
 
 
WE NEED TO GO BACK IN TIME!! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Remember our little friend from page one....Alberto Santos-Dumont?  Well, Alberto ( a Brazillian scion of a 'Coffee King'----ummm------let's say he had a TRUST FUND!!!   Bucky )  was already a celebrity in the salons of Paris during the 1890s for his feats of flying----in a balloon!!!
 
 
 
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
Alberto had many, many, powered balloon flights over the countryside and the city of Paris. 
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Well, in 1903, when the Wright Brothers first flew their plane, their feat did not generate much publicity or interest.  As late as 1906, the Scientic American magazine still doubted their claim!!
 
The rumor reached Europe, but was not taken as Gospel, and Alberto Santos-Dumont, the dare-devil of Paris, was determined to be the First Man To Fly!!!   Light It Up
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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" Yer just gonna have to wait till I get more.....energetic!!! "  
 
 
 
 
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OKAY ED...take your nap, drink your Ovaltine and take your Geritol....we're waiting Wink
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    Never thought I'd say this but.....good job, so far! Excellent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Careful in your praise Bud or Ed will be asking for a raise.
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I never said that!!! Cool
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Going Back in time to 1906.........
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alberto Santos-Dumont, worried about rumors that the American, Wilbur Wright, had actually flown a heavier-than-air flying machine, begins to redesign his " airbag " crafts to become heavier-than-air.
 
        
 
 
 
 
 
Alberto first attaches a box-kite-type craft underneath the bag...........like, ....a hybrid!      Bucky
 
 
 
 
 
Gradually, with the help of a 50 HP engine, the bag was abandoned and the craft actually flew---heavier-than-air!! 
 
 
October 23, 1906.
 
 
 
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Alfred Harmsworth, the newspaper giant of Britain, had been a fan of Santos-Dumont for years.  Harmsworth urged Britain and the English people to get into flying.  He knew that aviation had a military future and Harmsworth was, of course, concerned about Germany. 
 
 
 
Harmsworth's Daily Mail [ London ] offered contests for airplane models.  Eventually, they offered £1000 to anyone who could fly the English Channel.
 
 
                          
 
 
 
A Frenchman Louis Bleriot asked " Where is Dover? " in his cockpit in Calais.  Someone pointed to the north.  Bleriot took off without any navigational materials in the direction the man had pointed.  Twenty seven minutes later he landed near Dover Castle.
 
 
 
 
                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The first man to fly over a large body of open water for such a distance! 
 
 
 
 
        
 
 
" ( ...does that Frog have a passport, do you suppose, Reginald? ) " 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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