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Boland 1911 Tailless Biplane
The Boland 1911 Tailless Biplane was an American pioneering aircraft. At the end of 1909, Wilbur R. Kimball bought Dr. William Greene's 1909 biplane and took it to Rahway, New Jersey where he and Frank Boland removed the tail and began experimenting with a novel control system that eventually led to the first Boland Brothers 'jibbed' tailless biplane. Design and development Frank Boland was convinced that a traditional tail rudder and ailerons/wing warping was unnecessary to provide lateral control for an airplane. He started experimenting with different control mechanisms in 1908. More enthusiastic and daring than skilled engineer, Boland and Kimball spent 1910 experimenting with, crashing and rebuilding the Greene biplane while they worked out and refined what Boland called the 'jibbed' control. The resulting airplane was very easy to fly. To go left or right, you would turn the wheel in the direction you wished to go and up and down was controlled by pushing and pull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviation In The Pioneer Era
The pioneer era of aviation was the period of aviation history between the first successful powered flight, generally accepted to have been made by the Wright Brothers on 17 December 1903, and the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. Once the principles of powered controlled flight had been established there was a period in which many different aircraft configurations were experimented with. By 1914 the tractor configuration biplane had become the most popular form of aircraft design, and would remain so until the end of the 1920s. The development of the internal combustion engine—primarily from their use in early automobiles even before the start of the 20th century—which enabled successful heavier-than-air flight also produced rapid advances in lighter-than-air flight, particularly in Germany where the Zeppelin company rapidly became the world leader in the field of airship construction. During this period aviation passed from being seen as the preserve of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boland Airplane And Motor Company
Frank Edward Boland (July 31, 1873 – January 3, 1913), James Paul Boland (August 20, 1882 – December 19, 1967) and Joseph John Boland (May 27, 1879 – September 12, 1964) were early aircraft designers from Rahway, New Jersey who started the Boland Airplane and Motor Company. Biographies They were the children of James Francis Boland (1834–1913) and Catherine Julia Kavanaugh (1843–1925). They had set records for bicycle racing in 1898. In 1904, Frank and Joseph, started a business servicing bicycles, motorcycles, and automobiles in Rahway. Frank Boland was killed in on January 23, 1913, during an exhibition flight in Trinidad. They worked with tailless aircraft that were early predecessors of flying wings. A scale model of their plane is in the Smithsonian. In 1914, the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company of Nutley, New Jersey, Avondale, New Jersey, took over the manufacturing rights of all Boland airplanes and engines. Legacy E.T. Wooldridge writes: "The Boland b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boland Brothers
Frank Edward Boland (July 31, 1873 – January 3, 1913), James Paul Boland (August 20, 1882 – December 19, 1967) and Joseph John Boland (May 27, 1879 – September 12, 1964) were early aircraft designers from Rahway, New Jersey who started the Boland Airplane and Motor Company. Biographies They were the children of James Francis Boland (1834–1913) and Catherine Julia Kavanaugh (1843–1925). They had set records for bicycle racing in 1898. In 1904, Frank and Joseph, started a business servicing bicycles, motorcycles, and automobiles in Rahway. Frank Boland was killed in on January 23, 1913, during an exhibition flight in Trinidad. They worked with tailless aircraft that were early predecessors of flying wings. A scale model of their plane is in the Smithsonian. In 1914, the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company of Avondale, New Jersey, took over the manufacturing rights of all Boland airplanes and engines. Legacy E.T. Wooldridge writes: "The Boland brothers were a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene 1909 Biplane
The Greene 1909 Biplane was an American pioneering aircraft. In 1909, at the Morris Park Raceway, Dr. William Greene constructed a biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ... that successfully flew for the first time on October 28, 1909. The aircraft was in the Curtiss style with dual forward elevators and dual trailing rudders and a tricycle landing gear. Design and development Greene constructed his first successful aircraft during the summer of 1909. Originally equipped with a 29 hp American & British automobile motor, he flew for the first time on October 28, 1909. During this flight he discovered that he had placed the engine, which weighed 320 lbs, too far to the rear and had to attach 80 lbs of sandbags to the front of the plane to balan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur R
Wilbur may refer to: Places in the United States * Wilbur, Indiana, an unincorporated town * Wilbur, Trenton, New Jersey, a neighborhood in the city of Trenton * Wilbur, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Wilbur, Washington, a small farming town * Wilbur, West Virginia Other uses * Wilbur (name) * The codename given to the HTML 3.2 standard * ''Wilbur'' (comics), a long-running comic book published by Archie Comics from 1944 to 1965 * Wilbur (Kookmeyer), cartoon strip about a 'kook' (poser surfer) created by Bob Penuelas, which first appeared in ''Surfer'' magazine in 1986 * ''Wilbur'' (TV series), a children's TV show on Kids' CBC * Wilbur Chocolate Company, a chocolate company based in Lititz, Pennsylvania * Wilbur Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Watauga River, Tennessee * Wilbur Theatre, a historic theatre in Boston, Massachusetts See also * Wilber (other) * Wilbor (other) * Wilbour * Samuel Wilbore (1595–1656), early Rhode Island settler * Justice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Greene (aviation Pioneer)
William Greene (May 2, 1874 – August 28, 1952) was an early aviation pioneer who was one of the first American pilots and airplane constructor. He developed a passion for flying at an early age and was an active member and treasurer of the Aeronautical Society of New York. In 1909 he designed, constructed and piloted a biplane at the Morris Park Raceway, Bronx, NY. He later formed an aircraft manufacturing company in Rochester, NY Early life Greene was born into a wealthy San Francisco family in 1872. His fascination with aviation began at twelve, when he performed his first experiment by jumping from the second storey of a building with an umbrella to slow his descent. After graduating from University with both a medical and dentistry degree, he traveled throughout Mexico and Central America to pursue his dream of flight. In 1902, he built and successfully flew a balloon in Chiapas, Mexico. Upon hearing of the Wright brothers' success, left Mexico for New York to furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahway, New Jersey
Rahway () is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area. The city is southwest of Manhattan and west of Staten Island. Built on the navigable Rahway River, it was an industrial and artisanal craft city for much of its history. The city has increasingly reinvented itself in recent years as a diverse regional hub for the arts. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 27,346,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Rahway city, Union County, New Jersey [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineola, New York
Mineola is a village in and the county seat of Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 18,799 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from an Algonquin Chief, Miniolagamika, which means "pleasant village". The Incorporated Village of Mineola is located primarily in the Town of North Hempstead, with the exception being a small portion of its southern edge within the Town of Hempstead. especially see page 5 Old Country Road runs along the village's southern border. The area serviced by the Mineola Post Office extends farther south into the adjacent village of Garden City, where the Old Nassau County Courthouse is located. Offices of many Nassau County agencies are in both Mineola and Garden City. History The central, flat, grassy part of Long Island was originally known as the Hempstead Plains. In the 19th century, various communities were started in this area. One of those communities was called "Hempstead Branch," which would ultimatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boland Jib Drawing
Boland may refer to: People with the surname *Boland (baseball), a 19th-century baseball player * Boland brothers (early 20th century), Frank, James, and Joseph; early American aircraft designers *Akeel Boland (born 1991), BJJ Practitioner, Good Jitsu/Bad back * Adam Boland (born 1977), Australian television personality * Bernie Boland (1892–1973), American professional baseball player *Bob Boland, Australian rugby league footballer and coach * Bridget Boland (1913–1988), British playwright *Charles W. Boland (1939–1961), Canadian jockey; killed in racing accident *Derek Boland, better known as Derek B (1965–2009), British rap producer and artist *Eamon Boland (born 1947), English actor * Eavan Boland (1944–2020), Irish poet *Eddie Boland (1883–1935), American film actor *Edward Boland (1911–2001), American politician from Massachusetts; U.S. representative 1953–89 *Elizabeth Boland (born 1991), Canadian singer-songwriter who uses the performing name Lowell *Ernest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boland 1911 Tailless Biplane 3 View
Boland may refer to: People with the surname *Boland (baseball), a 19th-century baseball player * Boland brothers (early 20th century), Frank, James, and Joseph; early American aircraft designers *Akeel Boland (born 1991), BJJ Practitioner, Good Jitsu/Bad back * Adam Boland (born 1977), Australian television personality * Bernie Boland (1892–1973), American professional baseball player *Bob Boland, Australian rugby league footballer and coach * Bridget Boland (1913–1988), British playwright *Charles W. Boland (1939–1961), Canadian jockey; killed in racing accident *Derek Boland, better known as Derek B (1965–2009), British rap producer and artist *Eamon Boland (born 1947), English actor * Eavan Boland (1944–2020), Irish poet *Eddie Boland (1883–1935), American film actor *Edward Boland (1911–2001), American politician from Massachusetts; U.S. representative 1953–89 *Elizabeth Boland (born 1991), Canadian singer-songwriter who uses the performing name Lowell *Ernest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boland 60hp V-8
The Boland V-8 was an aircraft engine that was developed by the Boland Brothers for use in their tailless aircraft. Between 1908 and 1914, four versions of this motor were produced ranging in power from to . The Boland motors all used an unusual concentric overhead valve. This arrangement positioned the intake valve in the middle of the exhaust valve. These were actuated by a single push rod and rocker arm. Variants ;60 HP :The prototype of this motor first appeared in a Boland aircraft 1908. According to a Boland advertisement from 1911, they claimed that this single original motor powered all of the various iterations of the early Boland aircraft for three years without the need for repair or rebuild ;70 HP :Bore: , Stroke: , Displacement: , Weight: ;100 HP :Bore: , Stroke: , Displacement: , Weight: ;125 HP :This motor was mentioned in a 1914 Boland advertisement. Applications * Boland 1911 Tailless Biplane (60 HP) * Shieder 1911 aeroplane (60 HP) * Boland 1911 Convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
