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The D.5 first flew in the summer of 1910. Dunne taxied it to the top of a rise in the ground which lay downwind, turned the machine and took off downhill into the wind. He later recalled in his book An Experiment with Time that, as a child, he had experienced exactly this flight in a dream. [3] The D.5 proved to be aerodynamically stable in flight.
Tandem triplane with biplane tail and tiltrotor. Failed to fly. Dunne-Huntington Triplane: UK: 1910 or 1911: Experimental: Prototype: Not strictly a triplane but a three-surface aircraft, having a pair of tandem wings with a third set above and between them, but referred to as a "triplane" by its designer, J. W. Dunne. DFW T.34 II: Germany ...
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The Dunne-Huntington triplane, sometimes referred to as a biplane, was a pioneer aircraft designed by J. W. Dunne and built by A. K. Huntington. It was of unusual staggered triple-tandem configuration and an early example of an inherently stable aeroplane, flying regularly between 1910 and 1914.
1910 DSL Sao Paulo Monoplane (Dimitri Sensaud de Lavaud) 1910 Dufour No.1 monoplane [10] 1910 Dufour No.2 biplane [10] 1910 Duigan pusher biplane [10] 1910 Dumas Monoplane [10] 1910 Dunne D.5; 1910 Dunne-Huntington triplane [10] 1910 Eaton-Twining Monoplane [10] 1910 Esnault-Pelterie REP B monoplane [10] 1910 Esnault-Pelterie REP D monoplane [10]
A British Roe III Triplane in the United States in September 1910 with its designer, Alliot Verdon Roe, in the cockpit. Bousson-Borgnis canard triplane. The first heavier-than-air machine to carry a human on a free, untethered flight was a triplane glider constructed by George Cayley and flown in 1848. It was modern in form, having three ...
Sopwith Triplane Aces of World War I (Aircraft of the Aces No. 62). Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-84176-728-X. Franks, Norman and Greg VanWyngarden. Fokker Dr.I Aces of World War I (Aircraft of The Aces No. 40). Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-84176-223-7. Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War ...
The Wanamaker Triplane or Curtiss Model T, retroactively renamed Curtiss Model 3 was a large experimental four-engined triplane patrol flying boat of World War I. It was the first four-engined aircraft built in the United States. Only a single example (No.3073) was completed. [2] At the time, the Triplane was the largest seaplane in the world. [1]