Azor D. Robbins built the flat 4-cylinder engine in 1911 and, with Alex Porter in 1913, went on to construct this monoplane in Australia. Made a few short flights during the summer of 1913, then was damaged during a landing. Stored in a garage, it was lost in a fire in 1914 or 1915.
The Robiola Idromultiplano was built by Doctor Attilio Robiola in Turin in 1912-1913.
His aircraft was a V-shaped in terms of six-plane, inside which was located the 80 hp Gnome engine with a pusher propeller. On each of the wings were “ladder” blinds which were supposed to control roll, pitch and course.
When tested at the local Mirafiori airfield in November 1913, the craft could only run on the ground, but it never rose into the air.
The Hugh Robinson monoplane is sometimes claimed to be the first American monoplane, this machine with a 30 hp engine was used for exhibitions in the Joplin and St Louis area in 1908.
Eugène Robertson gas balloon, ascending from the Castle Garden at the Battery in New York, October 10, 1826. Eugène Robertson made many early ascensions in North America, with flights made at New York and New Orleans between 1825 and 1836.
In 1826, Eugène Robertson’s hot air balloon was snagged by Castle Garden’s flagpole, and he almost lost his life. One month later, he completed a second ascension without a hitch.
He also made early flights in the Antilles (1828 at La Havana) and in Mexico (1835 Mexico City and Veracruz). He died of yellow fever in Veracruz in 1838. His father and his brother Dimitri were also well-known balloonists.
The “Caroline” of Robert Brothers, 1784. The ascent terminated tragically.
The 1909 Robart Le Papillon was similar to the Wright biplane designs, but with curved wings and triangular vertical surfaces. Built in France.
This machine was the brainchild of a Frenchman, Henri Robart. Completed and tested at Amiens in December 1907, it apparently even supported itself in the air on December 21.
This machine has an upward curving main lower wing, an upper wing and 50hp Antoinette engine on the fuselage which drove two tractor props via chain transmission.
It was never heard of again.
Connecticut inventor Charles F. Ritchel made his mark in aviation history—and the cover of Harper’s Weekly magazine—by building a dirigible of his own and sponsoring the first controlled flight of a dirigible in America in Hartford in 1878.
Having been first flown outdoors less than two weeks before by Mark Quinlan in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Charles F. Ritchel began exhibiting his flying machine – also known as the Dirigicyle, or Flying Car – at Boston’s Tremont Temple on June 24, 1878. The demonstration, arranged by William McMahon, who played a major role in introducing Edison’s phonograph to the public, was a complete success. In addition to the indoor flights, Quinlan made an exciting ascension from Boston Common. Once in the air, the propeller gears jammed, allowing the balloon to rise dangerously high. Without a valve to relieve the increased pressure of the expanding lift gas, the envelope swelled, breaking several of the bands from which the frame was suspended. Quinlan could not slit his envelope, for there was no netting in which the fabric could gather to form a parachute. He had little choice but to tie one hand and ankle to the frame, then drop beneath the craft to make repairs with a jackknife as his only tool. He finally descended at Farnumsville, 44 miles from the Common, after a flight of one hour and twenty minutes.
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