Description
The Santos-Dumont Demoiselle ("Damselfly") was a series of aircraft built in France by Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont. They were light-weight monoplanes with a wire-braced wing mounted above an open-framework fuselage built from bamboo. The pilot's seat was below the wing and between the main wheels of the undercarriage. The rear end of the boom carried a tailwheel and a cruciform tail. (Source Wikipedia)
Comments (4)
Great model. :D . same goes for your other stuff too. :3
The instant I saw this, I thought, "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines", the 1965 film. It says on Wikipedia that replicas of the Santos-Dumont Demoiselle were indeed made for that film. I now learn that they were mass produced around the turn of the last century for construction in only 15 days. Those must have been exciting times for those with the money to spend :-) Lovely model. Well done.
I like the other ones you made, but NO WAY am I getting in this thing... As they say, [in short] there are no old bold pilots. Remarkable contribution rate, you should be proud of yourself.
I like FlightGear :-)
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