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Varese2002 · 17 November 2009, 05:44 AM

This machine is the 1909 glider known (today) as Coanda-Joachim-Caproni, which was designed and built in Liege ('Luik') - Belgium - in 1908.
Coanda designed the machine, Joachim built it in his workshops and Caproni was called the 'mate' of Coanda [he himself stated that he did not contribute to the machine).

Photoshopped away is the identification of the machine on the rudder, which reads Coanda-Joachim. It is reported that tests with the machine were conducted in the summer-autumn 1909 in Liege. Caproni said in 1935 that the glider was built in 1908 and that it was tested satisfactory in the Ardennes.

The machine can be identified as a biplane glider with identical unstaggered wings and relatively short tailbooms. The machine had a skid landing gear where the start was done on a four-wheel trolley.

Kees

17 November 2009, 05:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
Varese2002 Guest Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands Posts: 5,287	This machine is the 1909 glider known (today) as Coanda-Joachim-Caproni, which was designed and built in Liege ('Luik') - Belgium - in 1908. Coanda designed the machine, Joachim built it in his workshops and Caproni was called the 'mate' of Coanda [he himself stated that he did not contribute to the machine). Photoshopped away is the identification of the machine on the rudder, which reads Coanda-Joachim. It is reported that tests with the machine were conducted in the summer-autumn 1909 in Liege. Caproni said in 1935 that the glider was built in 1908 and that it was tested satisfactory in the Ardennes. The machine can be identified as a biplane glider with identical unstaggered wings and relatively short tailbooms. The machine had a skid landing gear where the start was done on a four-wheel trolley. Kees Last edited by Varese2002; 17 November 2009 at 05:45 AM. Reason: Typo