Weird Wing Wednesday

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/04/2015 at 10:10 • Filed to: weird wing wednesday, planelopnik

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Nemeth Parasol

And yes, it flew.

505Turbeaux > ttyymmnn 03/04/2015 at 10:14

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I love this thing. But what were those guys looking at?

ttyymmnn > 505Turbeaux 03/04/2015 at 10:22

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UFOs.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 03/04/2015 at 10:22

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1914 Lee Richards Annular Monoplane.

1911 Kitchen annular biplane. Later revised by Lee and Richards

The Lee Richards/Kitchen Annular Biplane appeared in Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines in the blunderbuss duel scene (actually a non-flying replica on wires). I can't seem to find a good picture of the scene, but here's a model someone built:

Of a similar design in some respects was the Walton Edwards Rhomboidal:

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/04/2015 at 10:25

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Holy cow. Looks like something Leonardo da Vinci would design. That's a new one for me. Thanks.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 03/04/2015 at 10:26

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If you somehow haven't watched Those Magnificent Men, stop what you're doing and watch it *NAOW*.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 03/04/2015 at 10:29

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I saw it on TV probably 40 years ago, but not since. Yes, I need to watch it again.

Rainbow > ttyymmnn 03/04/2015 at 10:41

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My last name is Nemeth and I have never heard of this. But I'll take credit for it anyway.