The 'One Off Wonders'

as with the aviators below, theirs was and this definitely is a work in progress

Blard, 1912

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Blard, 1912

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Lt. Blard, 1912

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Bocktor

Boland, 1911

"No attempt has been made to refine the machine ... The cloth is rusty from weather and has been on for about a year ... no shed is provided for the machine at all - he just leaves it out like a lazy farmer would his plow. Some ribs have one curve, some another; sometimes they are flat due to weather conditions. All Boland wants to do is fly and he doesn't care a hang for looks." Aeronautics, Nov 1911

Bonamy, 1914

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Bonamy, 1914

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Bonnet-Labranche, 1, 1908

Bonnet-Labranche, 1, 1908

Bonnet-Labranche 1, 1908

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Bonnet-Labranche 1, 1908

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Bonnet-Labranche 2, c.1908/9

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Bonnet-Labranche

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Bonnet-Labranche

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Borel

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Borgnis, 1909

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Bothy de Namur

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Bothy de Namur

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Bourdariat

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Bourgoin-Kessels

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Bousson-Borgnis

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Bousson-Borgnis

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Bousson-Borgnis

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Bousson-Borgnis et Vaniman

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de Brageas

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de Brageas

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Brasier

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Brissard

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Brissard

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Bruneau-Parant, 1913

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Bulot

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Bunzli

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Call, 'Mayfly' (it 'may fly!')

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Canton-Unne

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Canton-Unne

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Canton-Unne

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de Cesar

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de Cesar

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Champel, August 25, 1912

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Champel, c.1912

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Chapiro

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Chauvière

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Chauvière

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Chazal, October, 1911

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Chesnay, Type 2

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Clement

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Clement-Bayard

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Clement-Bayard

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Clement-Bayard

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Clement-Bayard

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Clement-Bayard

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Coanda

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Coanda

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Contal

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Contal

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Copin

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Copin

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Copin-Chenu

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C.P.C

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Cornu

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Courrejou

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Curtiss-Goupil 'Duck'

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Glenn Curtiss built this machine in 1916 to help his defense of the Wright Brothers' patent lawsuit. It was designed in 1883 by Frenchman Alexander Goupil, Curtiss' example flew with a 100 Hp. Curtiss OXX powerplant The seaplane version in the picture was heavy and could barely hop, fitted with wheels it flew successfully in 1917. It did not contribute to a successful defense.

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