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Cody Army Aeroplane No.1 / Cody 1/ Cody II / Cody III
It was in this aircraft that Cody made his first hops in May, 1908, on Laffan's Plain. On October 5 or 16th 1908 he made the first official flight in a piloted aeroplane in Great Britain - a measured distance of 496 yards at a height of 50-60 ft over Laffan’s Plain, Farnborough, and this was the first powered aeroplane flight in Britain; but Cody was American at the time, and did not take out naturalisation papers until 1909.
Cody 1 - Initial Prototype; fitted with Antoinette 50 hp. Later, with ailerons
Cody 2 - Revised Cody 1 airframe
Cody 3 - Cody 2 prototype fitted with ENV Type F engine of 60 horsepower.
The Cody II was a Michelin Cup machine in which he flew 4 3/4 hours on December 31, 1910 to win the trophy. Clear differences to the earlier machine were the one large propeller installed at the rear in place of the two forward propellers and a 60 hp Green engine fitted in place of the ENV.
 Cody II
Engine: 1 x Antoinette, 50 hp |
