Oldest flying airplane.

CygnusX1

I shot this today at the Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York. I dont remember what the plane is called but they announced that it is the oldest flying aircraft in the world...

Here it is flying.

pathfinder

Cool plane and great captures!:):

LookBothWays

Looks like it might be this plane, a reproduction of a 1910 Hanriot.
Great little action shot. The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome looks like a fun place.

Skippy

CygnusX1 wrote:

I shot this today at the Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York. I dont remember what the plane is called but they announced that it is the oldest flying aircraft in the world...

Here it is flying.

As much as it looks like a heck of a lot of fun....... I dunno that I would want to go up in it :uhoh
How cool that it still flies .... you got some good shots of it too
Skippy (Australia)

oldtime

Great shot ---Rhinebeck is a great place have a link to any moreShots???

davidryan

Wow...that thing IS old. It must be a Northwest Airline plane But then again, it is actually flying.... so it must belong to someone else.

Very nice shot. It would be neat to see this thing among more modern flying machines. Just think of the sophistication this plane held in its day-- and then think about jets like the 777 or the 747, fly-by-wire. A stunning leap of progression and advancement. Thanks for sharing.

Awais Yaqub

very nice capture loved it
Welcome to the forum

CygnusX1

Thanks everyone. Some more info about the plane.

It has "warp-wings". There are no elevators, the wings are bent to reshape them by pulling on cords. It has no carburetor for the engine. The pilot makes all the fuel mixture adjustments by cable. Also, the engine is either on or off. There is no speed adjustment. The pilot kills and restarts (bumps) the engine to control his speed and power. The trick is to refire it before the prop stops spinning or else.....

ian408

That is pretty cool. Nice capture of a beautiful plane!

Red Bull

Looks like it's in very good shape for its age. Thanks for sharing. I love anything to do with aviation.

pegasus2PH

LookBothWays wrote:

Looks like it might be this plane, a reproduction of a 1910 Hanriot.
Great little action shot. The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome looks like a fun place.

Actually, it's a 1909 Bleriot XI (original), and is the oldest flying machine in the US, second oldest in the world. This type of airplane was used by Louis Bleriot to cross the English Channel. More amazingly, A. Pegoud performed a loop in the Bleriot XI in 1913, and first sustained inverted flight.

OrvSal

Good shots. As for flying in it, think I'll wait for the next model!

Bendr

Cool shots,

Now what would be an interesting shot is this flying along, with a 747 behind it coasting along on the ground, as if it where being chased on the runway...

Ben

ziggy53

pegasus2PH wrote:

Actually, it's a 1909 Bleriot XI (original), and is the oldest flying machine in the US, second oldest in the world. This type of airplane was used by Louis Bleriot to cross the English Channel. More amazingly, A. Pegoud performed a loop in the Bleriot XI in 1913, and first sustained inverted flight.

While the Bleriot is the oldest plane still flying in the U.S., I agree with LookBothWays that the image shown by CygnusX1 is actually the Hanriot. Note that the Bleriot has an open rear fuselage, and the front fuselage is light colored fabric. The Hanriot has a "boat bottom" fuselage made of mahogany, thus the dark color.

http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/collection/airplanes/Hanriot.htm
http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/collection/airplanes/bleriotxi.htm

Very cool shots regardless.

Thanks,

ziggy53