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canard flying boat
Michele, hello from Venezuela. As your relative Frank Edward Boland was the first person to fly in Venezuela, I has been researching his life and work for several years now. Here are the results (in Spanish, not the latest version). I will like to have access to any files or records your family keep on that venture, in order to prepare an english version:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/201685272...autico-Ene2014 Thanks in advance Alejandro Irausquin Aeronautical Engineer/Latino-american aviation historian LAAHS El martes, 19 de julio de 2005, 17:54:19 (UTC-4), escribió: My distant relatives built several canard biplane pusher seaplanes between 1911 and 1917. The used engines that they built themselves. The planes were turned with their patented "Jib Sheet Rudder" which was a surface the was mounted on the outside interplane struts between each wing and pivoted to the outside to turn the plane. It was supposed to have worked very well. If you can find a copy of Jane's Planes from back then look for the Boland Aeroplane and Motor Company. There is also a book called "Wings of the Weird and Wonderful" that has a picture of the landplane version. Michele |
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