I finally found a photo:

http://www.aviationpics.de/myst/mystery0258.gif

One of the early circular winged aircraft.

Rob

>From: (robert arndt)
>Date: 11/30/2003 10:17 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>I finally found a photo:
>
>http://www.aviationpics.de/myst/mystery0258.gif
>
>One of the early circular winged aircraft.
>
>Rob
>
Was it ever built and did it ever fly?

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

(B2431) wrote in message >...
> >From: (robert arndt)
> >Date: 11/30/2003 10:17 AM Central Standard Time
> >Message-id: >
> >
> >I finally found a photo:
> >
> >http://www.aviationpics.de/myst/mystery0258.gif
> >
> >One of the early circular winged aircraft.
> >
> >Rob
> >
> Was it ever built and did it ever fly?
>
> Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

Yes, from 1909-1913 in three seperate forms: glider, powered
monoplane, and powered biplane.
A replica of the powered biplane is seen at the Shoreham Museum in
Britain:
http://website.lineone.net/~roling48/Magnificentpioneers/Anul-1a.JPG
The Royal Aeronautical Society has photos of the original biplane
version from 1911.

Rob

p.s. this is not the first circular aircraft.