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Let's see if Felix can get this one...

We're talking flying aeroplanes, not CONTRAPTIONS!

Bet that one didn't fly.

Okay, okay... fair enough; airplanes only.
But I just have to present pictures of things like that French  Aeraptere of 1910, for the sheer entertainment value! It  used a bag-like contraption to produce lift. The aerodynamics of it must have been like a box-airfoil canopy or something like that. No idea if it ever actually became airborne, and I'd bet that rudder didn't help much with the probable pendulum action. It probably flew just high and fast enough to hurl its occupants through a first-floor window.
Hmmm... what next?

One of those things I wouldn't volunteer for.

'less there was a parachute, then it would be a kickass ride!

Hey! A flying mailbox!!! :-)

Hey! A flying mailbox!!! :-)

Eh, somethign to that effect!

Still puzzling over this one, eh? Why not just right-click on it...?
Anyway, it's the Domingo "Aeraptere" of 1910. That structure is technically a wing- probably worked like a  modern parafoil.
If it worked at all, which is very unlikely.

Ya, if it worked as you said. Not a bad idea though, just not a successful one.

I can't believe nobody got that one, the name of the aircraft was in the file name

I can't believe nobody got that one, the name of the aircraft was in the file name

LOL - most posters of the "quizzes" wised up quickly to that that easiest way now to hide the name of a "quiz" plane is to put it right there in the open!

But who has the last laugh, eh? Without that cheat, you guys won't even touch my latest one. Gotta admit, though, I sure as hell couldn't guess it either.

RottyDaddy - I find that even with the "cheat" your posts are entertaining and even better, educational!  Sure we all know that there have been incredible inventions/ contraptions, etc., but finding these are special windows into the minds of people!

I can see it now wind or turbulance comes along and those guys are gonna get rocked like thier on a swing.

Ya not the most stable bird in the air. Well it might have been at that time....