The 1911 Asteria No. 3 pusher biplane was designed by Francesco Darbesio, and built by Soc.Aeronautica Asteria,Torino, Italy.
The Asteria No. 3 biplane was the first plane to be used in War, during Italian campaign in Bengasi (Oct.1911)
Span: 49’3″
Length: 34’5″
The first aircraft built by the Italian firm of “Asteria” – a Farman-inspired biplane dating from about 1910 – designed by Francesco Darbesio. In this photo Darbesio is accompanied in the cockpit by his mechanic Emilio Pensuti. The machine, presumed to have been powered by a Gnôme rotary engine, was successfully flown.
The Italian firm of Asteria is probably best known for its role in providing the first Italian aircraft ever used in a military conflict – the Asteria No.2 biplane.
A gas balloon piloted by the St. Louis, Missouri, aeronaut William Assman – already world-renowned for his aerial exploits in America – in flights made during 1911.
The 1917 Ashmusen Mfg Co O-595 was a twelve cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled aero engine of 596.4ci and producing 105hp.
The 1912 Ashmusen Mfg Co O-150 was a four cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled aero engine of 149.6ci and producing 25hp.
In 1908 the Ashmusen Mfg Co built a twelve-cylinder horizontally opposed, air-cooled aero engine weighing 345 lb dry. Of 596.4ci, it produced 105hp at 1800rpm.
In 1908 the Ashmusen Mfg Co built a 60hp, eight-cylinder horizontally opposed, air-cooled aero engine weighing 235 lb dry.
Henry W Ashmusen
Providence RI.
USA
Aero engine builder circa 1908-17.
Swedish Ask-Nyrop Monoplane No.1 “Gräshoppan” (Grasshopper) of 1910, built by Oskar Ask and Hjalmar Nyrop in Landskrona.
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