Warbird Information Exchange

For the centennial of Garros' flight

http://www.replicair.fr/







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Very nice. And good to see that Christophe Marchand is the test pilot, a thoroughly fine chap!

I have a beautiful Original painting of that aeroplane and event, by the famous aviation artist Charles Hubbell. Beautiful bright colors.

This is one of Hubbell's favorite paintings that he hung in his own home and would not sell. He did loan it to The Smithsonian For a famous 1960 All-Hubbell aviation art exhibition the Smithsonian called "The Panorama of Flight" and this was Smithsonian Exhibit number 544 in the fully catalogued program of the exhibition.

On the back, along with "#544" is a typed tag that says,
"Tunisian Landfall-1st Trans-Mediteranean Flight"
Morane Saulnier, Roland Garros
He Refused French Carrier Escort"
It also has a small metallic title tag on the front bottom

In Original frame, under glass, and matted to 17 x 20 inches, painted on professional artists board.
Have sold half of my original Hubbells and this one (and others) are still avaialble

Wing-warping? I hope it works better in the Morane than it does in a Bleriot.

At Oshkosh I asked Eric Preston how his Bleriot handled, and he said "horrible". He said his wind-test is to pluck a blade of grass, drop it from head-height, and if it doesn't fall exactly to the stem he plucked it from, it's too windy.

He did once build a Bleriot with stiff wings and ailerons that flew well -- much more controllable.

Dave

Mikael Carlsson in Sweden flies his Bleriot in quite a lot of wind with no problem, although it's a little bit later variant with better airfoil, and authentic construction. Moranes similar to the one above were used in combat in WW1, so I think it's actually quite effective if designed right. There is film footage of a 1911 Wright Model B doing quite steep banks, and there were an awful lot of warpers flying around up until 1915 or so. In recent years NASA has even experimented with a wing warping F-18, http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=m ... 357a263617 . Here's the latest photo from the Replic'air Facebook page:




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Can anybody explain why they have replicated a Morane-Saulnier Type G when Garros flew a Type H? I understand they are very similar airplanes, but the G is a two-seater while the H is a single-seater. Yet Replicair keeps saying that they're using the same airplane Garros did.

In answer to my own question, above, the Replic'Air people tell me they want to be able to give rides to their association members rather than just allow one pilot to have all the fun. Works for me.

The cross-Med flight this past Sunday (22 September) was successful.

What engine did they use in the replica? Thanks

A 110-hp, nine-cylinder Rotec radial. An Australian manufacturer not to be confused with Rotax.

Ok thanks for that info, much appreciated.