Here's the welcome return of the caption competition challenge , this time like Huey Lewis & The News we are going Back in Time. The following image was found from our pre-1914 series of historical images, taken from our substantial Flight archives.

The best caption will win (drum roll please..........) and exclusive and extremely stylish AirSpace pen.

 

May the force be with you!

.....Seemingly unscathed, and apparently rather proud, A.V. Roe stands beside his crashed Avro No.1 Triplane at Wembly, 24 December 1910 after attempting a turn. He was greatly handicapped in his experiments by lack of funds, which resulted in lack of power for his triplane. He persevered and became one of the most powerful influences in British aviation .....

Lack of funds ?

Ask the Vulcan restoration team's advice .....

 "Like I said, any landing you that can walk away from ..."

Another promising thread which has difficulty in taking off .....

Wake up, boys .....

 Horace - the original backward wearing cap chav vandal - smirked at his handiwork.

And with relief that his travel agent's choice had fallen through, Henry headed off to the Eurostar terminal.

 In the above picture, it is shown the importance of coordinated turns...

Once again Roe, port is left, starboard is right, or was it the other way round?

Blast it Algy, I've broken the paddlethrusted-plano-lofti-craft again. Maybe it needs another wing?

 So kids how would you like to earn some pocket money and good at wood work ?

Hmmmmmm............ well, its back to the drawing board........ we definately need more dihedral under those wings !! (doh!)

"Why the smug look, Ashford? You've buggered up the airplane! Now, go back to the aerodrome, get yourself another airplane and get those landings down, once and for all, eh?"

" Zounds and gadzooks Ponsonby; these three-winger jobs are a bit of a fizz, what! Let's go for one of those bally mono thingys like that bally Frenchy fellah...Beerio. And we shall name it after that Jewel in the English Crown...the AVRO 'MANCHESTER' "

............. I just cannot understand it.......!! According to the recent wind tunnel data, this machine should have flown like a Dream...

Told ya those engineers it wasn't going go work!

 Some great entries so far on this one, i am going to set a deadline of one more week before drawing up the final vote.

Mav

 Later that evening this bright engineer invented the aluminium wings and airframe.....

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did

I don't care how often he says "Heavier-Than-Air flight is the Future" I'd rather fly by R101.

"Landings like that will NOT get you invited to Christmas dinner..."

OH NO...!!!!!!.. now Wilbur and Orville are bound to win.......

........ Ummm...... get one of those Wright brothers on the phone........ I need to speak to them about something PDQ!!

Bugger.

Oh, Bother! Very well then... Send a communication at once back to the Civil Aviation Authority informing them that redundant wings only aid in flight when equal numbers of matched pairs on both sides of the aeroplane are utilized. How is it possible that any ruling agency has the ability to adequately specify the number of strands of cable used on a toilet dump valve, and yet over-look a major detail such as equilateral wing placement? We also need to re-visit our Landing Gear Engineering Design Criteria while we are at it. Solved by two Bicycle Mechanics? Outstanding!

 Celebrating his lucky escape, Giles moonwalked past the wrecked kite