• There seems to be an up tick in Political commentary in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site we know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religiours commentary out of the fourms.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politicion will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment amoung members. It is a poison to the community. We apprciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Server side Maintenance is done. We still have an update to the forum software to run but that one will have to wait for a better time.

The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

I'm quite convinced that the guy in the basket is Louis-Sebastien Lenormand. But I don't have a clue what his aeronautical device was called.....

Cheers,
Huub
 
Time to move on.

This thing is the parachute invented by André-Jacques Garnerin, demonstrated in 1792, and filed for patent in 1802.
Interestingly, it did take off (under a balloon) and then landed.

The reason there is no photo, of course, is that it wasn't invented yet.

parachute inventé par André-Jacques Garnerin 1792 brevet déposé en 1802.jpg
 
You guys continue to amaze me with what you dredge up and, even more astonishing, what gets identified!

Keep up the good work! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I look forward to this thread every day.

NormB
 
If no true wot comes, then I have an enigma to offer.
The difference with a true wot is that I don't know the answer.

what is it?

to id.jpg
 
Been trolling through my period archive but nothing has turned up yet. Sure looks like a USA non-flyer. Most of those longitudinal wing designs were unsuccessful.
 
Apologies for my absence. A contractor brought down the telephone line to my hamlet a week ago and I am still waiting for France Telecom to reinstate it. Thus presently I am without a telephone or an internet connection (I am posting this message from the house of and using the computer of a friend). Thus please continue in my absence.

Moses03 said:
Paging Mike...please report to the mystery thread...

:wavey:

Edit: Open board.
Click to expand...
 
The overhead telephone line, serving the hamlet in which I live, was repaired this morning. Thus after ten days without one, I have an internet connection again!

As no-one seems to have continued in my absence, I'll pick up where I left off.

Here's an aeroplane broadly contemporary with dan_pub's last offering

 
Last edited:
Mike,

It's the Bathiat-Sanchez effort of 1913. Confirmed by French Aeroplanes Before the Great War, page 224.:adoration:
 
In my book - Jane's Historical Aircraft from 1902 to 1916 - it's described as the Sanchez-Beza biplane of 1913. But when I read a little more about the eponymous constructor of the aeroplane, I became aware that its construction was undertaken by him in conjunction with Léon Bathiat and their aeroplanes were designated both as Sanchez-Besa and Sanchez Bathiat. So it's over to Texas for the next mystery. :icon29:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top