San Rafael CA.
USA
Built a homebuilt in 1929 and Quadruplane in 1932.
Era
Sellick, William
In 1913 William Sellick, Cicero IL., USA built a single-place, mid-wing Blériot redesign. Powered by an Elbridge 4 engine, it flew successfully, but his follow-on creation, based on a French Nieuport Centre-Wing with an Anzani motor, didn’t fare as well. Pathè movie newsreel cameraman Curtis Pritchard convinced him he should be its test pilot, despite never having flown before. Sellick relented and, after some verbal flight instruction, watched Pritchard take-off too soon and too abruptly, with the inevitable splintering crash. Pritchard suffered a broken leg, but the plane was a total loss.
Sellers Quadruplane
Built and flown by Matthew B. Sellers in somewhat different versions during 1908 and 1913. Engines used were a Kemp G-2 two-cylinder engine of 16 hp and an 8 hp Dutheil-Chalmers.
Based on his previous multi-wing glider experiments, the no.6 was originally was a glider with spring-actuated, variable-incidence wings. First flying on 28 December 1908, it flew successfully as late as 1927 with an economy of power, the largest motor being a 10hp two-cylinder Bates, the four positive-staggered wings of 36″ chord provided more than 200sqft of wing area. One built, it was the most prominent of Sellers’ 52 different designs in 22 years to 1914. Of note is a claimed feature invented and used by Sellers as early as June 1908, a four-wheel gear that rose automatically when the plane left the ground, with landings then made on skids. Aircraft empty weight shown in US Patent Office Gazette 11 July 1911 was 110 lb.
In 1910 Matthew Sellers flew in a 4 hp quadruplane at Grahn, Kentucy. The plane weighed less than 80 lb and was powered with a Duthell & Chamers two cylinder opposed engine.
Quadruplane Number 6
Engine: French-made Dutheil-Chalmers, 8hp
Wingspan: 18’0″
Length: 12’0″
Gross wt: 250 lb
Useful load: 140 lb
Speed: approx. 20 mph
Seats: 1
Sellers Multiplane
Circa 1927, Mathew B. Sellers bult and flew multi-plane gliders. These gliders flew well and Sellers went on to fly a steped, quadraplane glider in which each successively lower wing was spaced a chord behind the leading edge of the upper surface.
Sellers, Mathew B.
1892: Matthew B Sellers Jr,
Olive Hill KY, Norwood OH, and Baltimore MD.
USA
Matthew B Sellers Jr experimented with multiplane gliders and powered craft circa 1907-27 with 52 different designs.
Sellars, Dr J
White Plains NY.
USA
In 1927 Dr J Sellars built a single place quadruplane with a two-cylinder motor had a total surface of 100sqft. Reported to have burned while being started for its trial flight.
Sellet-Pelletier Helicoptere Grillon 120
Sellet-Pelletier Helicoptere first flew in 1987 the Grillon 120 single/two-seat light helicopter.
Sellet-Pelletier Helicoptere
France
Sellet-Pelletier Helicoptere first flew in 1987 the Grillon 120 single/two-seat light helicopter.
Selcher JS-1
In 1978 John Selcher built the Selcher JS-1, two place, open cockpit biplane, registered N67JS.
Engine: Lycoming O-235, 108hp
Wing span: 26’0″
Length: 17’0″
Useful load: 573 lb
Seats: 2
S.E.L.A. 1911 monoplane
In 1909 the pilot Gaudard founded the Société d’Étude pour la Locomotion Aérienne (SELA) in France. G Badini, their designer, built two similar aircraft powered by 55 hp Aviatik engines, one appeared in 1910 at St Cyr, the other, a variant, in 1911. This machine was sponsored by “La Dentelle au Foyer”, a lace-workers’ magazine which later bought a Farman for the Army, christened “La Dentelle de Puy”; the city of Puy was famous for its lace industry.
