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- Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:11 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
- Replies: 9
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Re: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
I noticed the flimsy look of the horizontal stabilizer. The ailerons don't look so sturdy either. The Howard Gill that built this is the same that wrote the "How to build a new Curtiss type" in the Magazine "Aero" in Dec. 1910. I didn't know that until I read "Orville's Avia...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:33 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
- Replies: 9
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Re: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
According to the book "Orville's Aviators" in the chapter on Howard Gill, the original Gill-Dosh airplane was sold to and flown by Thomas Benoist. I Googled Thomas Benoist and found this picture that is supposed to be him flying the Gill-Dosh. It does appear that it could be. The ailerons ...
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:38 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: Reims 1909 Grande Semaine D'Aviation book?
- Replies: 4
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Re: Reims 1909 Grande Semaine D'Aviation book?
Oh well, I've already ordered the Lieberg book for 28¢ from Amazon. I don't read French but am pretty read up on the Reims meet. Which books in the reference section have the best photographic records of the planes?
Thanks,
Sean
Thanks,
Sean
- Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:05 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: Reims 1909 Grande Semaine D'Aviation book?
- Replies: 4
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Re: Reims 1909 Grande Semaine D'Aviation book?
I posted too soon. I found one english language book which I've ordered, and a few french books that look like they'd be worth it for the photographs. I'll let you know.
Sean
Sean
- Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:15 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: Reims 1909 Grande Semaine D'Aviation book?
- Replies: 4
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Reims 1909 Grande Semaine D'Aviation book?
Are or were there any books about the Reims 1909 Grande Semaine D'Aviation? I've got 2 on the 1910 Los Angeles air meet and one on the history of the Gordon Bennet trophy, but have never seen one on the first international air meet. I find that incredible that one of the biggest moments in the histo...
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:06 am
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
- Replies: 9
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Re: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
I never noticed the number on the rudder of the Hamilton plane. Good eyes.
Sean
Sean
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:30 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: Glenn Curtiss' 1909 Reims machine: Golden after all!
- Replies: 1
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Re: Glenn Curtiss' 1909 Reims machine: Golden after all!
Most of the Curtiss pushers were covered in Baldwin Rubberized balloon cloth and later maybe Goodyear cloth, usually yellow or brown. Casey's book is a good book but it does get some things wrong. Anyone interested in the Curtiss pushers should look for the series articles by David Holcombe in WW1 A...
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:13 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
- Replies: 9
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Re: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
There are several pictures of the Rheims Racer in the book I mentioned. As far as numbering, I have seen pictures of Willard's plane with 9 and 1. These pictures may or may not be from the same meet. I am discovering that there is a lot of mislabeling of photos from the pioneer era. Many Curtiss cop...
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:49 pm
- Forum: The First Air Races - Discussion
- Topic: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
- Replies: 9
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Re: 1910 Los Angeles/Dominguez Meet
Hello Anders, Do you have this book? http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r249/sobrien_album/51kKBAgt1fL_SY346_PJlook-inside-v2TopRight10_SH20__zps63be9986.jpg [/URL] It has several good pictures of Curtiss machines as well as a few mislabeled pictures that I believe are the Gill-Dosh aeroplane. The f...