Category:Sloan Bicurve
American Jacques-Jules Sloan designed this biplane in 1910. A former variant had two propellers moved by the same engine (as like as the Wright Brothers did for their Flyer) flew in Port-Aviation in Fall 1910 with Henri Weiss (a German flyer with French pilot's license No. 73) at the controls. But it's with a single propeller that it was display in October 1910 at the second Exposition de la locomotion aérienne de Paris (Paris Air Show held at the Grand Palais, Paris, France).
Powered by a 35 hp engine but quickly changed for a 50hp Gnome, the plane took part in several demonstration flight in front of officier of the French Army and a week later under the watchful eye of the tsar's officer. Despite a sustained fly latest more than hour and with the slogan 'the safest of all flying machines', Sloan failed to attract contract.
A last design with more classic wings (without dihedral nor curve) and a 150hp engine was run at the 1911 Grand Concours d’Aviation Militaire de Reims (Reims Military Aviation Competition) without success.
The Sloan & Cie workshops were in Charenton, in the close Parisian suburbs (1910-1912) and offices were rue du Louvre in the heart of Paris. Sheds were first at Port-Aviation (at Viry-Chatillon and Savigny, 20 km south of Paris) then at Issy-les-Moulineaux. In April 1912, Sloan and his Italian technical director are trying to develop a regular daily flight over the Channel to carry newspapers or passengers from the next summer. None of this ever happens, and the press never mentions them again. No one knows today what became of the two planes and their crews.
This page lists all films that feature the Sloan Bicurve.
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