Here is a video showing us getting in and out of the Tabloid... yes it does hold two folks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGtuft9Z8M&feature=youtube_gdata
rob
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Here is a video showing us getting in and out of the Tabloid... yes it does hold two folks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGtuft9Z8M&feature=youtube_gdata
rob
Yep, that one represents #168, one of the first ones... ours represents #1205, one of the last ones...
Here is 1205 in 1915
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/RobW_2006/1205fromfront.jpg
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Harvey knows exactly what he is doing... this wasn't his first, or second, or even his twentieth first flight of a new plane. I wouldn't do that, or recommend that anyone else do that... but Harvey...
Here is a video of the first flight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgRqBZIdhw4&feature=youtube_gdata
And some photos of the original we are representing...
SS3 1205 on Tenedos in 1915
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/RobW_2006/Airdrome%20Tabloid%20Build/1205ontenedos.jpg
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a few more pictures:
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/RobW_2006/DSC00643.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/RobW_2006/DSC00644.jpg
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On June 23d, 2012, Harvey Cleveland masterfully piloted our Airdrome Tabloid on its first flight.
The plane flew great! It is powered by a Valley Engineering 115HP 2332cc VW with a 2.47:1...