BMFW / Bayerische Militäreindecker / Stahleindecker Militärtyp

The Military monoplane designed by Ing. Philipp Enders [System Enders] was announced in Flugsport 1911 to be constructed by the Flug Technische Gesellschaft Nürnberg-Fürth E.V., yet in the same issue a drawing infers that it was to be constructed by the Nürnberger Motoren und Maschinenfabrik. In the end the steel-constructed machine was exposited in the Berlin ALA (Algemeinen Luftfahrt Ausstellung) 1912 as a finished machine of the Bayerische Motoren- und Flugzeugwerke Nürnberg.

The third monoplane of the BMFW, it was powered by a 50/55 hp BMFW Sylphe engine of own design.

BMFW / Bayerische Enders No.1

The first design of Enders dated from 1910 and had steel tube holding the elevator / rudder and the pilot sitting Grade-wise beneath the wing in a sort of bathtub construction.

This simple high-wing monoplane with its characteristic tuning-fork like steel-tube fuselage was the first aircraft built by the BMFW (Bayerische Motoren- und Flugzeugwerke) in Nürnberg. It is also known as Philipp Enders monoplane. Enders was manager of the BMFW and equipped his first monoplane with a three-cylinder engine of own design.

Bloudek-Cermak Libella

Libella II

The 1911 Bloudek-Cermak Libella was a single-seat monoplane designed and built by S.Bloudek, Slovenian and J. Cermak, Czech, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

1911 Bloudek-Cermak Libella II was a single seat biplane designed and built by S.Bloudek and J. Cermak.

Libella
Span: 27’10”
Length: 29’6″
Seats: 1

Libella II
Span: 27’10”
Length: 29’6″
Weight: 838 lb
Seats: 1