Category:Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Flying Machine
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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim Flying Machine seen in The Conquest of the Air.
The inventor of the machine gun has think between 1889 and 1894 to a flyable machine which led to unseccessfull trials in Bexley. Commencing work in 1889, he built a 145 feet (44 m) long craft that weighed 3.5 tons, with a 110 feet (34 m) wingspan that was powered by two compound 360 horsepower (270 kW) steam engines driving two propellers. In trials at Bexley in 1894 his machine rode on 1,800 feet (550 m) of rails and was prevented from rising by outriggers underneath and wooden safety rails overhead, somewhat in the manner of a roller coaster. Through the years, it has had several configurations.
This page lists all films that feature the Maxim's Flying Machine.
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