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Hello Ermeio
More developments!
Firstly, I've found the aforementioned model plans. They're for the "Windham 1909 Tandem" and are by Benno Sabel, a German aeromodeller who specialised in flying indoor scale model aircraft. They date from 1987. According to some notes written on the plans, the very first flight made by Benno's model lasted 57 seconds. Another model made by a fellow German acheived regular flight times in the region of 2 and a 1/2 minutes.
There are some inaccuracies with the plans, but that's not too surprising, as Benno only had two images of the machine to base his model on. If you'd like a copy of the plans, then please use this forum's Private Message service to send me an email containing your postal address, and I'll forward a copy of the plans onto you.
I've also been reading up about Captain Windham and the 1909 Doncaster Flying Week, and I came across a photo, different to the one in Varese2002's posting, but showing the very same group. In this new photo, Captain Windham is specifically identified as being seated, second from the left. So he's the man in the light-coloured cap, and wearing an armband.
Also, the Windham Monoplane mentioned as being at the Doncaster meet was quite a different creature to your Windham Monoplane. The Doncaster machine was a monoplane styled on the Bleriot Type XI, except his had a fuselage with a triangular cross-section, rather than a square-shaped one as on the Bleriot.
Please let us know how your model of the Windham Monoplane progresses. I'd be very interested in seeing it!
Cheers,
Paul
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