The Cygnet (or Aerodrome #5) was an extremely unorthodox early Canadian aircraft, with a wall-like "wing" made up of 3,393 tetrahedral cells. It was a powered version of the Cygnet tetrahedral kite designed by Dr Alexander Graham Bell in 1907 and built by the newly-founded Aerial Experiment Association. On December 6, Thomas Selfridge piloted the aircraft as it was towed into the air behind a motorboat, eventually reaching a height of 168 ft (51 m).

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  • The Cygnet (or Aerodrome #5) was an extremely unorthodox early Canadian aircraft, with a wall-like "wing" made up of 3,393 tetrahedral cells. It was a powered version of the Cygnet tetrahedral kite designed by Dr Alexander Graham Bell in 1907 and built by the newly-founded Aerial Experiment Association. On December 6, Thomas Selfridge piloted the aircraft as it was towed into the air behind a motorboat, eventually reaching a height of 168 ft (51 m). While demonstrably able to fly as a person-carrying kite, it seemed unpromising as a direction for research into powered flight. It was difficult to control, and was in fact destroyed when it hit the water at the end of the flight. The following year, a smaller copy of the design was built as the Cygnet II, now equipped with wheeled undercarriage and a Curtiss V-8 engine. Attempts to fly it at Baddeck, Nova Scotia between February 22 and 24 1909 met with failure. Rebuilt again as the Cygnet III with a more powerful engine, it finally flew on March 1, 1912, at Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia, piloted by John McCurdy.
  • Cygnet (Aerodrome #5) var ett försöksflygplan konstruerat av Alexander Graham Bell 1907. Flygplanet var en motorförsedd vidareutveckling av Bells Cygnet kite som tillverkades med stöd av organisationen Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) Cygnet I Första flygningen genomfördes av Thomas Selfridge 6 december 1907 på Bras d'Or Lake i Nova Scotia Kanada. Han bogserades upp av en motorbåt och nådde cirka 51 meters höjd. Flygturen varade sju minuter, men eftersom flygplanet var svårt att styra blev sättningen något hård och farkosten förstördes vid landningen mot vattenytan. Cygnet II 1908 konstruerades farkosten om den minskades i storlek och försågs med ett hjul landställ, samt en Curtiss V-8 motor. Man gjorde flera försök att flyga med farkosten vid Baddeck Nova Scotia, men resultaten var nedslående, det blev bara små lufthopp. Cygnet III Man försåg farkosten med en starkare Gnome et Rhône roterande motor på 70 hk. Piloten John McCurdy lyckades 1 mars 1912 få farkosten att lyfta från Lake Bras d'Or vattenyta.
  • Le Cygnet est un aéronef expérimental issu des recherches d’Alexander Graham Bell sur le vol mécanique. Le Cygnet I était une imposante structure cellulaire de 12,20 m d'envergure comprenant 360 cellules tétraédriques posées sur un train à patins, le pilote étant installé très en avant des patins. Testé sans moteur fin 1907, remorqué par un bateau à moteur sur Bras d’Or Lake, Nouvelle-Écosse, il fut endommagé par une chute brutale dans le lac. Reconstruit comme Cygnet II, il effectua de nouveaux essais les 22 et 24 février 1909 après avoir reçu un train tricycle. L'envergure était réduite à 8 m et un moteur Curtiss V8 de 40 ch monté à l'arrière de la cellule, mais l'engin refusa de décoller. Quelques semaines plus tard l'Aerial Experimental Association était dissoute, laissant A.G. Bell seul avec son curieux aéroplane. Devenu Cygnet III après remotorisation avec un Gnome rotatif de 70 ch, ce prototype parvint finalement à décoller de Bras d’Or Lake le Modèle:1er mars 1912, piloté par John McCurdy, atteignant 69 km/h.
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  • The Cygnet (or Aerodrome #5) was an extremely unorthodox early Canadian aircraft, with a wall-like "wing" made up of 3,393 tetrahedral cells. It was a powered version of the Cygnet tetrahedral kite designed by Dr Alexander Graham Bell in 1907 and built by the newly-founded Aerial Experiment Association. On December 6, Thomas Selfridge piloted the aircraft as it was towed into the air behind a motorboat, eventually reaching a height of 168 ft (51 m).
  • Cygnet (Aerodrome #5) var ett försöksflygplan konstruerat av Alexander Graham Bell 1907. Flygplanet var en motorförsedd vidareutveckling av Bells Cygnet kite som tillverkades med stöd av organisationen Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) Cygnet I Första flygningen genomfördes av Thomas Selfridge 6 december 1907 på Bras d'Or Lake i Nova Scotia Kanada. Han bogserades upp av en motorbåt och nådde cirka 51 meters höjd.
  • Le Cygnet est un aéronef expérimental issu des recherches d’Alexander Graham Bell sur le vol mécanique. Le Cygnet I était une imposante structure cellulaire de 12,20 m d'envergure comprenant 360 cellules tétraédriques posées sur un train à patins, le pilote étant installé très en avant des patins. Testé sans moteur fin 1907, remorqué par un bateau à moteur sur Bras d’Or Lake, Nouvelle-Écosse, il fut endommagé par une chute brutale dans le lac.
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  • AEA Cygnet
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