Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
...do you think this plane is thinking, "where does SHE get off blocking MY shot?! Camera Hog! "
Girls and Aircraft - Volume II
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...do you think this plane is thinking, "where does SHE get off blocking MY shot?! Camera Hog! "
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
...a 2 fer!
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
June 1, 1918. Katherine Stinson, "the flying schoolgirl," and her plane at Sheepshead Bay Speedway in Brooklyn after completing a flight from Chicago. 5x7 glass negative
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
Katherine Stinson's demure little smile aside, that is one clean (aerodynamically) looking biplane for 1918.
OX-5 powerplant?
What is it?
Elvis
OX-5 powerplant?
What is it?
Elvis
Glider
Captain
I have to say, that's the way to travel
buffnut453
Captain
Curtiss-Stinson Special. Built by Curtiss with some JN-4 Jenny parts, to Katherine Stinson's specifications. More here:
Alberta Aviation Museum
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
Thanks Buffnut!
That's a pretty cool link.
I wonder what they mean, when describing the make up of the airplane, by two-bay biplane wings ?
Elvis
That's a pretty cool link.
I wonder what they mean, when describing the make up of the airplane, by two-bay biplane wings ?
Elvis
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
...and another pic of Katherine and her "Special", about to make the first air mail delivery in Canada....
buffnut453
Captain
Hi Elvis,
A single-bay biplane has one pair of struts connecting the wings on each side of the fuselage. A two-bay biplane has 2 pairs of struts on each side. Here are a few examples:
Single-bay:
Two-bay:
Hope this helps a little.
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
I think this time, I'm just going to link the page and you guys can meander through it, but in the meantime, here's a teaser....
Ruth Elder, as featured in The Passion of Former Days: Aviatrix
Ruth Elder, as featured in The Passion of Former Days: Aviatrix
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
I see what they are getting at now.
Thanks for doing that.
Elvis
P.S. Man, that Bristol is a tough looking airplane!
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Especially if you're looking at it down the business end of its guns!
Did anybody notice the sloppy PhotoShop work on the Katherine Stinson diorama pic? Lopped off the outer pair of interplane struts, making the Special look like a single bay biplane with cantilevered wing extensions. No wonder folks were confused about the bays!
Cheers,
Wes
Elvis
Chief Master Sergeant
Oh, that's wild!
Didn't notice that the first time around. How strange!
Why would they do that?
Didn't notice that the first time around. How strange!
Why would they do that?
Your guess as good as mine. An aviation-ignorant graphic artist with a deadline to meet?? Makes it clear that the backdrop montage was not part of the actual scene at photo time and was edited in after the shot. Perhaps the physical diorama and the backdrop were constructed and photographed separately, then PhotoShopped to meet some publication deadline. Funny they didn't fix it. I'm sure we're not the first to notice it.
Cheers,
Wes
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