he Weiss monoplane, Sylvia, was tested in 1910.  The airplane was fitted with a Penaud tail, but still retained the distinctive curved, twisted wings designed by Weiss.  The craft had a few successful flights, but a structural failure in flight resulte

Samuel Franklin Cowdery (later known as Samuel Franklin Cody) (6 March 1867 - 7 August 1913) was an early pioneer of manned flight, most famous for his work on the large kites known as Cody War-Kites that were used in World War I as a smaller alterna

he Vickers VC.1 Viking was a British twin-engined piston-engined short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers Armstrongs Limited.  In the aftermath of the war the Viking was an important airliner with British ai