NYBORG monoplane (T.G. Nyborg, 9 Chelsea Grove, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland)

   Although trials of this machine were earned out at Bolden Racecourse, there is no evidence that flight was achieved. An entry in Jane's of 1909 gave no details, but photographs reveal the general configuration.
   The machine consisted of a central structure of tubes, in which the engine, of unknown type, and the pilot were accommodated. Twin tractor propellers were driven by chains or belts. The narrow track undercarriage consisted of two bicycle wheels with a central skid and a smaller rear wheel mounted well forward.
   The gull-shaped wings were constructed with the inboard trailing sections divided into smaller flexible sections, apparently to simulate a bird's wing and these sections may have been controllable. A fixed horizontal surface, perhaps with a flexible trailing section for pitch control, was provided but there were no vertical tail surfaces.
   The machine was quite low, probably no more than four feet high, but with a wing span approaching 40ft. Patent No.11961/1909 may be relevant.
   The Northumberland and Durham Aero Club, of which Nyborg was a member, was unsuccessful in raising sufficient interest to run meetings in June and September 1910.