I have not seen this one before and was happy to get some shots of it.
I almost didn't get it on camera, as according to its engine noise, it did not have that distinctive sound of the old bi planes.
Standing in our garden, something told me to turn around and to look at the sky above our house. There it was! A lovely new bi plane. I don't know why I find bi planes so attractive to me. Maybe some of my ancestors flew them during the world wars. They have a very rich history. Did you know that a bi plane was the first controllable aircraft to fly?
Some history below
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage over a monoplane, it produces more drag than a monoplane wing. Improved structural techniques, better materials and higher speeds made the biplane configuration obsolete for most purposes by the late 1930s.
So, come and have a look at this slow cruiser.f
Throughout the pioneer years, both biplanes and monoplanes were common, but by the outbreak of the First World War biplanes had gained favour after several monoplane structural failures resulted in the RFC's "Monoplane Ban" when all monoplanes in military service were grounded, while the French also withdrew most monoplanes from combat roles and relegated them to training.
If only they knew that the single mono planes would become all powerful in later years, I think here of the Spitfires and the Fokkers.
Nine shots were all that I could get of it, but I think it was enough as it disappeared behind some high trees. Lovely flying machines and maybe someday I will get the opportunity to also fly in one. But I will have to get the funds for it first:) If I do get a chance for a trip, then I would rather prefer to fly in the old World War II bi plane that they have at our local airfield. I have posted some shots of that lovely old machine coming over our house, and it sounds like a dream.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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