Lee-Richards annular monoplane

Lee-Richards annular monoplane
The first monoplane during construction
General information
TypeExperimental prototype
ManufacturerJames Radley
Designer
Cedric Lee and G. Tilghman Richards
Number built3
History
First flight1913

During the pioneer years before the First World War, Cedric Lee and G. Tilghman Richards in the UK built and flew a series of aircraft having a novel flat ring-shaped or annular wing. They built both biplane and monoplane types, and in 1913 their first monoplane proved to be an early example of a statically stable aircraft.

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