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1912 - 0579.PDF
JUNE 29, 1912. f/tlGHT THE CODY MONOPLANE. IT will come as no surprise to our readers that that skilful designer and intrepid pilot Mr. S. F. Cody, has built a monoplane, as his work in this direction was announced recently in these pages. Now that the new machine has been tested in " occasional jumps," in the words of Mr. Cody himself, there is no need any longer to withhold information concerning it from the public ken, and so by the aid of the accompanying photographs and brief description, we proceed to place before readers of FLIGHT the main essentials of this very interesting piece of work. A description of the new machine is easier said than done, for there is none other like it to which it may readily be compared. Mr. Cody has always been original, and he remains original even in this, the most stereotyped, perhaps, of all types of flying machines. And this designer's originality is the originality of the inventor rather than of the mere improver. It is a fact that he had never even seen an aeroplane before he had built and flown the first great biplane that was associated with his name. For all the evidence that exists in the new flyer now under consideration, he might never have seen a monoplane either. In so far as the new machine gives evidence of influence in its design, the influence is that of his experience with biplane construction ; the wings are similar to the biplane type, so, too, is the undercarriage—of course. The body is CODY MONOPLANE.—View from in front. ' Flight " (""pviicht. CODY MONOPLANE.—Side view. 'Flight" Copyright. CODY MONOPLANE.-View from behind. 579 " Flight" Copyright.
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