Demoiselle - $$5.50
The Santos-Dumont Demoiselle ("Damselfly") was an early aircraft built in France by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. It was a light-weight monoplane with a wire-braced wing mounted atop an open-framework fuselage built around a reinforced bamboo boom.
Demoiselle Ultra-Lite by Santos Dumont
Demoiselle
The worlds first light plane was Alberto Santos Dumont's final contribution to the history of aviation. A small tractor monoplane the Demoiselle and despite its limitations became famous. The No 20 first flew at Issy in March 1909 with improvements over the No 19 of a 35 hp. Dutheil-Chalmers 2 cylinder water cooled engine and which drove a mahogany prop. The triangular fuselage was built from bamboo and steel tube.
The wing area was enlarged although the control was still by wing warp from a belt around the pilots waist which made control very delicate. The aircraft was displayed at the Grand Palace in Paris and by 1910 about a dozen planes had been ordered. A replica featured in the film "The Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.
Shown above is the exploded view of the Demoiselle
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"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"
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