E: 30/08 (Noon) Win £250 with the Olde English Treasure Hunt (Help Please!!)

afletcher30

jaydeetee wrote: »

Could it be streatham common (on the basis that the successful flight was probably in the same place)?

In 1904 he produced the first design which he hoped would be capable of carrying a man. The craft, similar to his earlier test models, had 20 multiplanes and was powered by a 22-hp piston engine of his own design. This engine powered a two bladed tractor propeller. Complete with pilot the “Phillips Multiplane” weighed 600 lb.
(272 kg.) and although the lift generated seemed to be sufficient for flight it lacked the necessary longitudinal stability. This deficiency in direction control led to a series of mishaps when the machine was tested on Streatham Common and although it underwent several changes in design it failed to leave the ground.

http://www.aeronauticalarchive.co.uk/Article_3.htm

By jove I think you've got it! - fits to my mind and seems to pan out with the clues nicely too - well done :T

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