290* Blériot XXIII Gordon Bennett Racing monoplane, 1911, wingspan 11cm; D’Artois biplane, 1912, wingspan 14cm; Astra triplane, 1911, wingspan 18cm; Lelievre monoplane, 1912, wingspan 13.5cm (4)
294* de Pischof ‘Autoplan’, January 1911, wingspan 17.5cm; Arnoux No. 2 ‘Stablavion’ tailless monoplane, 1912, wingspan 15.5cm; Blard Canard, 1912, wingspan 15cm
£200-250
(3)
£150-200
295* Borel monoplane, wingspan 11.5cm; Breguet U.1. ‘Cruiser’, 1912, wingspan 19cm; Bruneau-Parent monoplane, 1912, wingspan 13.5cm; Pons Canard monoplane, 1912, wingspan 11cm (4)
£200-250
291* Albessard Autostable, 1912, wingspan 15.5cm (1)
£100-150
296* Deperdussin Gordon Bennett Racer, 1913, wingspan 10cm; Blêriot XXXIX monoplane, 1913, wingspan 13cm; Borel ‘Torpille monoplane, 1912, wingspan 13cm; Blériot XLIII monoplane, 1913, wingspan 14.5cm; Ponnier Gordon Bennett Racer, 1913, wingspan 10cm (5)
£200-250
292* Coanda monoplane, 1912, wingspan 24cm (1)
£100-150
297* Henry Farman Type 24 biplane, 1913, wingspan 16cm; Borel Military monoplane, 1913, wingspan 16.5cm; Hanriot Gordon Bennett Racer, 1912, wingspan 12.5cm; Blériot XXXVI monoplane, 1913, wingspan 17cm (4)
293* de Marcay-Moonen monoplane with pivoting wings, 1911/12, wingspan 20cm
£200-250
298* Sanchez-Besa biplane, 1913, wingspan 17.5cm; Ponnier monoplane, 1913, wingspan 10.5cm; Blériot XXXVII monoplane, 1913, wingspan 18cm; Caudron G.3. biplane, 1914, wingspan 18cm
In 1911 the army expected that most aeroplanes would be ferried from place to place by road or rail; they were therefore especially interested in machines that could be disassembled and put back together quickly. Baron Edmond de Marcay and Moonen avoided the problem entirely by having the wings fold without unrigging them. A king post on each side of the fuselage slotted outwards towards the top, serving as anchor for the wing bracing and warping-wires, and as the vertical pivot around which the butt of the rear spar could swing. Each panel then swung around, back and down along the sides of the fuselage, which was triangular in section to accomodate them. (1) £100-150
(4)
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£200-250