Bristol Boxkite 1910 (replica) in flight
Just look at the number of bracing wires between the wings!
Continuing the theme of very old aircraft designs, the Bristol Boxkite was one of the first types to be built in any quantity. In November 1910, crowds of around 10,000 people gathered in Bristol to witness a series of demonstration flights, such was the novelty of these new-fangled flying machines. 78 Boxkites were eventually built, 4 being for the British Army. One of those was fitted with a radio and became the first aeroplane in the UK to transmit a 'wireless' message.
The plane in the picture is a replica, one of 3 built in the 1960s for the movie 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'. This is the only one that still flies - owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection at their base in Old Warden.
Bristol Boxkite 1910 (replica) in flight
Just look at the number of bracing wires between the wings!
Continuing the theme of very old aircraft designs, the Bristol Boxkite was one of the first types to be built in any quantity. In November 1910, crowds of around 10,000 people gathered in Bristol to witness a series of demonstration flights, such was the novelty of these new-fangled flying machines. 78 Boxkites were eventually built, 4 being for the British Army. One of those was fitted with a radio and became the first aeroplane in the UK to transmit a 'wireless' message.
The plane in the picture is a replica, one of 3 built in the 1960s for the movie 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'. This is the only one that still flies - owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection at their base in Old Warden.