biplane Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/biplane Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:01:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png biplane Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/biplane 32 32 Otto Hermann https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/inventors-innovations/otto-hermann Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:26:49 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=800 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 […]

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]]> Hugh Willoughby https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/inventors-innovations/hugh-willoughby Sat, 23 Oct 2004 21:51:59 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=936 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 […]

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