Stoeckel

   A strange little tailless monoplane appeared at Issy in 1908-09. A tiny engine drove 2 little tractor propellers through belts. The frame resembled a wheelchair, with a skid (sometimes a wheel instead) immediately behind the seat. Above the pilot was the single wing wildly curved in every direction, with a third panel, also curved, above the center-section. Stoeckel designed the wing to resemble a bird's half-folded wing; his aeroplane might have fared better with the wings unfolded. Stoeckel was also a Bleriot XI pilot.

   (Span: 6 m; length: 5 m; wing area: 28 sqm; gross weight: 300 kg; 4-cylinder 12 or 25 hp Revel)