Tag Archives: biplane

Otto Hermann

Otto Hermann (c. 1870-1930): Otto Hermann was an auto stuntman who held a 1907 patent for a double loop-the-loop automobile-stunt ramp. He moved to Providence from Atlantic City, and started building his own biplane in the summer of 1909, described in a Journal article as “the first one to be tried out on testing grounds […]

October 23, 20102010, Aviation Pioneers (pre-1930), Impressive Firsts, Inventors & Innovators, RIAHOF Inducteebiplane

Hugh Willoughby

Hugh Willoughby (1856-1939) Newport resident Hugh Willoughby was was an avid inventor, traveler, aviator, and sportsman. He built his first serious aircraft model in 1894, the same year he organized the Naval Reserve in Rhode Island (he graduated from the Naval War College in 1896). By 1900 he was a noted aerial photographer, taking pictures […]

October 23, 20042004, Aviation Pioneers (pre-1930), Inventors & Innovatorsbiplane, seaplane, triplane

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