Just managed to get round to scanning this, as part of our ongoing research for “Biggles Biplane”.
Commercial hand-tinted postcard we think circa 1913, with a very early BE-2 up. Suspect it could even be the very first of the line.
More to come when we get time to get the “archives” page of our website sorted!
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 2nd February 2006 at 09:47
And I could be wrong… 😀
Aaargh, now I think my head will explode . . .
By: JDK - 2nd February 2006 at 09:44
And I could be wrong… 😀
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 2nd February 2006 at 09:28
Interesting.
I’d venture that it’s a composite shot. The perspective vanishing point of the wings of the aircraft is closer than of the scenery; or to put it another way, the aircraft was photographed from closer to giving a wider angle lens effect than the landscape’s lack of such distortion.
Cheers
Yeah, that’s what I meant . . .
I think
By: JDK - 2nd February 2006 at 04:29
Interesting.
I’d venture that it’s a composite shot. The perspective vanishing point of the wings of the aircraft is closer than of the scenery; or to put it another way, the aircraft was photographed from closer to giving a wider angle lens effect than the landscape’s lack of such distortion.
Nevertheless an interesting photo!
Cheers
By: Melvyn Hiscock - 2nd February 2006 at 00:58
I just found exactly the same photo marked “Author’s collection” on page 12 of Paul R. Hare’s “Aeroplanes of the Royal Aircraft Factory” published by Crowood. I does however appear to have been retouched in the sky area where your picture shows the aircraft. Mysterious!
I thought the Be2 looked added on the one above!
By: Papa Lima - 1st February 2006 at 19:50
I just found exactly the same photo marked “Author’s collection” on page 12 of Paul R. Hare’s “Aeroplanes of the Royal Aircraft Factory” published by Crowood. I does however appear to have been retouched in the sky area where your picture shows the aircraft. Mysterious!
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February 1, 2006 at 7:39 pm