Breguet's 1919-1939 Aircraft ID Challenge #201

[aerohydro]

Scoreboard at the start of Challenge #201:

42.00 richard B
28.40 Dave_Kent
26.50 Varese2002
24.50 Rbailey
22.00 Tork1945
11.00 YavorD
08.50 Froggy
06.00 DHC2Pilot
05.50 sobrien
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those below - and everyone else - may answer immediately)
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03.00 Aquilius
03.00 Wind in The Wires
02.80 Doc
02.30 Aerohydro
02.00 Albatros_Ace
02.00 Lodzermensch
02.00 Sreiko
01.00 JoeGertler

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The Rules
1.The thread title must be "Breguet's 1919 - 1939 Aircraft ID Challenge #......" AND must be placed in the Non-WWI Aviation sub-Forum.
2.The score board, link and rules must be copied to the beginning of each thread, so that we know where we are. The score board and the correct answer to the challenge must also be placed at end of each thread.
3.The completed aircraft must have been either; designed, built or have left the ground during the '1919-1939 period and be identifiable by the poster.
4.The photo must show the whole aircraft - from whatever angle, or at least 2 views of a 3 view drawing (photo by preference).
5.Challenges which depict a machine already earlier presented are disqualified (always check the list at Aeroplanes 1919 - 1939* -* Breguet's -Aircraft Challenge* -- when in doubt !).
6.If there is any doubt as to the eligibility of an aircraft for the challenge details should be PM'd to Breguet BEFORE the aircraft is submitted.
7.Once someone has gotten 5 correct answers under their belt they become an ACE. Once they become an ACE they must wait 12hrs after the posting of the new challenge before they can post an answer.
8.To be eligible for correct ID an answer must include at least one characteristic of the aircraft that helped in its identification.
9.The first person to ID the challenge correctly gets to post the next challenge. If this can not be done for any reason Breguet himself will post the next challenge.
10.If an ace gives the correct answer too early, the challenge is over, he gets no point but has to post the next one. In lieu of the fact that the "novices" have in effect been "cheated" of their "exclusive" time that next post should be a relatively easy one. Anyone repeating the correct answer at the right time gets neither a point nor the right to post the next challenge.
11.The final arbiter in relation to questions about the rules is Breguet.

[richard B]

Bonjour

A glider with inflatable wing : It could be the american McDaniel experimental glider .

Richard

Bayou Renaissance Man: Weekend Wings #20: Inflatable Aircraft

The story of McDaniel's glider is well told here :

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/...latoplane.html

[aerohydro]

Very good, Richard. This is indeed the inflatable glider built by Taylor McDaniel, of Washington DC, in 1931. Not only was its wing inflated, but so was the tailboom and the entire empennage.

YouTube - Rubber Glider newsreel footage

"Popular Science" - January 1931 - page 52

"Popular Science" - May 1931 - page 59

Some background to Taylor McDaniel's efforts with his inflatable glider can be read about here:

"Flying" - May 2005 - The Wrong Stuff

Cheers,
Paul

[aerohydro]

Answer: the 1931 Taylor McDaniel inflatable glider.

Scoreboard at the end of Challenge #201:

43.00 richard B
28.40 Dave_Kent
26.50 Varese2002
24.50 Rbailey
22.00 Tork1945
11.00 YavorD
08.50 Froggy
06.00 DHC2Pilot
05.50 sobrien
**************
(those above this section must wait 12 hours before answering,
those below - and everyone else - may answer immediately)
**************
03.00 Aquilius
03.00 Wind in The Wires
02.80 Doc
02.30 Aerohydro
02.00 Albatros_Ace
02.00 Lodzermensch
02.00 Sreiko
01.00 JoeGertler

[richard B]

Thank you for the newsreel :Very interesting .
The idea was good , but it seems that it was not inflated enough...
BTW , I never heard anything about it before ; my only clue was the patent's 3-views , ...

Cheers

Richard