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A very early triplane by A V Roe (later to become Avro).  The covering is cloth-backed brown paper!


Fokker E.III Eindekker


The actual Vimy that Alcock and Brown flew across the Atlantic


Full size replica of Otto Lilienthal's glider


The Supermarine S6B which won the Schnieder Trophy outright for Britain

Is that an early Pterodactyl hanging above the S6B...........

It's a Hill Pterodactyl 1A.

Here's a list of everything in that room:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line ... isting.asp

The S6B looks fast even sitting in a museum collecting dust

The S6B looks fast even sitting in a museum collecting dust

An S6B would look fast going backwards...

Nice work. I know how bad the lighting is in there.

I can see from the images that the light is tough, but I think I would really like to experience the tough light for myself........you have such great museums to visit .......

Is that an early Pterodactyl hanging above the S6B...........

No, that's just Fozzer, in the Lilienthal glider.



Great stuff!