Voisin Aeroplane, c 1908.
Image number: 10216045
Model (scale 1:10). By 1908 the Voisin biplane was standardised in the form seen in this model. It has a forward elevator, biplane wings and a box-kite tail-unit which enclosed the rudder. Despite being difficult to manoeuvre in any true sense, it was deemed the first viable European aeroplane. The popular Forman biplanes were based on a similar design.
- Image number:
- 10216045
- Credit:
- Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
- Date taken:
- 20 October 2003 12:10
- Image rights:
- Science Museum
