What is this?

[Sreiko]

As well I don't know what is this I did not know where to put it, here or in early aviation. So my question is- what is this?

[matte_kudasai]

Originally Posted by Sreiko

So my question is- what is this?

Looks like Bulot biplane of 1908-1911.

Walther Bulot was born in Tournai, in Belgium, on 6 January 1874; he built at least 2 different designs.



1908-1909: His first aeroplane, which never flew, was shown at the air meet at Tournai in September 1909, a heavily staggered triplane with wings arched like a bird's, and a horizontal surface at the rear. A tall vertical surface stood in front of the tractor propeller; the fuselage was a high uncovered boxy structure set on 4 wheels. The pilot sat under the middle wing. In November 1909 it was entered in the Antwerp air meet, this time with only the first 2 of its triplane set of wings, a more conventional box fuselage which carried at least at one time the number 9 on the forward covered section. The rudder was moved to the rear, and the landing gear simplified to 2 wheels. In 1911 he had a biplane named La Mouette (the seagull), which he converted to a monoplane in the same year. Perhaps La Mouette was the same aircraft as the biplane previous.

[matte_kudasai]

This is a photo from French Aeroplanes Before the Great War by Leonard E. Opdycke, p.78

Walther Bulot's 1911 biplane La Mouette at the Paris Salon. The inscription on the rudder advertises Pegamoid, a contemporary covering material.

[Sreiko]

Thank you friends

See this:

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[Sreiko]

And how about this one?

[womenfly2]

SPAD. A.2

WF2

[Sreiko]

Yes... How can I ask such a question... Thank you WF

[Sreiko]

Few more pics...

-Bristol Pullman?



-Lebed VII?

[blimp]

the last one looks like a sopwith schneider/tabloid scout , srecko , the wings are the early 'warp' type .

[CabaneStrut]

I can confirm that the photo shows a Lebed VII, an exact copy of the Sopwith Tabloid. The Lebed VIII was also a Tabloid copy, with ailerons instead of wing warping. Lebed's first ten designs were copies of western aircraft, such as Voisins and LVG's. Unlike many aircraft builders, he continued working after the revolution, building aircraft of indeginous design.

The above info comes from several sources, including Bill Gunston's Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft.