Flight 1939-08 / Flight

PRIVATE FLYING, CIRCA 1910: There may or may not be lessons for present-day light aeroplane designers in this special Bleriot built for M. Deutsch de la Meurthe with the enclosed cabin, the open-air, brougham-esque position of the driver (his column can just be seen) and the forward elevator. It did actually fly, air resistance notwithstanding, on a very doubtful 100 h.p.