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| Keywords: F.H. Wenham's aerial designs of 1866.jpg en Fig 1 Top view of a gliding machine illustrating the total surface area required to sustain aloft a human of average weight note the wing's high aspect-ratio Fig 2 Rear view of the same design showing the prone position which Wenham suggested for the gliding machine's operator Fig 3 Front view of a multi-winged gliding machine trussed with thin bands of iron c and vertical wing struts d Fig 4 A more refined design incorporating small wing-like propellers on each end operated by motion of the operator's feet and arranged so that the propellers could be operated more on one side or the other thus enabling the machine to turn by generating more lift on one side than one the other or together Fig 5 An even more refined design with wing-like propellers at the ends of long arms a cellular wing structure with vertical supports struts wing trussing and a horizontal position for the operator Fig 6 A side view of the machine depicted in Figure 5 1866 http //www flyingmachines org/wenh html Francis Herbert Wenham in Carroll Gray's THE FLYING MACHINES Web Site Francis Herbert Wenham 1824-1908 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Francis Herbert Wenham Early aircraft | ||||
