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[sniperton]

Congrats, Graeme, the engines are so tiny that I believed they were belt-driven by an engine in the fuselage. 

[P51vsFw190]

It was twin engined. The engines were mounted in the wing with extension shafts to drive the props.

Your turn Graeme

[Graeme]

Cheers!

Time for someone else to have a go. Open House.

[Alfie Noakes]

Do any of you gents know what this is ?




Cheers

Alfie

[sniperton]

It's the Lanzi-Billard "Fleche" from 1910.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34633/34633-h/34633-h.htm#page232
See also the text below fig. 136.

[Alfie Noakes]

Nope

Excellent resource sniperton  btw
Apparently L'A B C De l'Aviation by  Louis Gastine is still in print....I shall order a copy forthwith 

Cheers

Alfie

[sniperton]

Nope

You made me curious 

[Alfie Noakes]

You made me curious   

Marvelous !

Hmmm... it's French, it's from 1911 and it's a "1st"....oh and the photo bottom right is very important

Cheers

Alfie

[sniperton]

the photo bottom right is very important

Honestly, I can't see anything telling on it...
Anyway, some better photos:

http://www.precurseursaviation.com/marcay.htm
https://germo43.skyrock.com/3142035472-MARCAY-MOONEN.html

[Alfie Noakes]

Yep you got her !
Apologies for the photo....it's scanned from a very old book  ....the lower photo shows her wings unfolded
A De Marcay-Moonen....described as " The first practicable aeroplane with folding wings"...

Nice one sniperton....over to you 

Cheers

Alfie

[sniperton]

Thanks, but I have nothing in the attic, so it's open house.

"The first practicable aeroplane with folding wings"...

Funny, I came to the Fleche because this site (erroneously) claimed it a folding wing aircraft: http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/Aviations_Attic/UFOs/UFOs.htm

[P51vsFw190]

Let’s torture you guys more then!




Good luck.