M.Goodall, A.Tagg British Aircraft before the Great War (Schiffer)
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WINDHAM monoplane No.2
Windham's second monoplane appeared at the Doncaster Meeting on the first day, Friday 15 October 1909. It caused a sensation when a light gust of wind caught the machine, while Windham was seated in it on the ground, and the back of the fuselage broke. The machine was repaired, but was involved in a collision with a car on the third day, after which it was no longer in evidence and was abandoned.
The Aero described the machine as being 'on distinctly Bleriot lines, and reproduces that machine with more or less accuracy except in a few details'! The important detail was the fuselage girder, which was of light construction with weak longerons at the top. A biplane type tail, with two elevators, was fitted. The engine was of vee type, reported to be either a JAP or a 25hp Advance and drove one of the unique Beedle propellers, with large curved metal blades. Elsewhere it was referred to as a Green or a Dutheil-Chalmers, but these were of a different configuration and water-cooled. The latter may have been confused with the use of that make of engine in the first monoplane, for which Windham had the agency.
Data
Span 30ft
Chord 6ft
Length 25ft
P.Lewis British Aircraft 1809-1914 (Putnam)
Windham Tractor Monoplane
Captain Windham's second monoplane was a Bleriot-type tractor of orthodox though flimsy construction. It was powered by a 35 h.p. Dutheil-Chalmers engine driving a Beedle propeller. The open fuselage was triangular in section. The machine was brought out at the Doncaster Aviation Meeting in October, 1909, where it achieved transient notoriety by collapsing while its owner was sitting in it to be photographed. After repairs, it was involved in a collision with a car while taxying, and this finally wrecked it. Span, 30 ft. Length, 25 ft.