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