- Source: Paterson Biplane
The Paterson Biplane was an early British biplane designed by Cecil Compton Paterson and built at the Liverpool Motor House, where Paterson was a director. It was later called the Paterson No. 1 Biplane to distinguish it from subsequent aircraft designed by Paterson.
Design and development
Built between 1909 and 1910, the Paterson Biplane had a design similar to that of the Curtiss Biplane. It was an open-framed pusher biplane with a main frame made from bamboo and a tubular steel tricycle landing gear. It had a biplane front elevator and a single rear elevator with a rudder. It first flew from the beach at Freshfield north of Liverpool on 14 May 1910. It flew a second time on 23 June 1910 but was damaged: after repair, it was used by Paterson to obtain his aviator's certificate, issued in December 1910. He built a second Biplane with a larger engine for Gerald Higginbotham, later called Biplane No. 2. This was completed in January 1911. Both aircraft were based at Freshfield.
Variants
Biplane No. 1
Anzani powered early biplane.
Biplane No. 2
Similar aircraft with a 50 hp (37 kW) Gnome air-cooled rotary engine.
Specifications (No. 1)
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
Wingspan: 34 ft 4 in (10.47 m)
Powerplant: 1 × Anzani three-cylinder air-cooled piston engine , 30 hp (22 kW)
References
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- South African Air Force Museum
- List of heritage sites in Kimberley
- History of the South African Air Force
- List of aircraft (pre-1914)
- Ann Maria Bocciarelli
- Gamecock (disambiguation)
- List of aircraft (G–Gn)
