pusherpropeller

References I've come across indicate that Burri was Swiss, not a French national. The name Ernest Burri shows up multiple times at a French-language website about Swiss aviators. I can't read French, but from what I can puzzle out it looks as though he flew for the French during WWI.

whyaduck: Thanks! We'll change Burri's nationality in the source data and reload the description.

wow the plane in this picture is so different from now days. It is amazing to look at a picture like this and think about how the plane could actually fly. It doesn't seem to safe and the engine must have been very small. Great picture.

a horseback pilot! what a metaphor :) Hi, I'm an admin for a group called New Directions, and we'd love to have this photograph added to the group!

I wonder what the story is with the split ailerons on the top wing. For that matter, what model airplane is it?

This is the Model H, which matches the date stamp of March 26, 1915(?).

The Air Force Historical Research Agency identifies the same image as "Simms Station near Dayton, Ohio 1914:


You can see the Wright Brothers dedication to their initial design with the inclusion in the Model H of the twin pusher-propeller chain drive system and the twin vertical stabilizers (difficult to see in this photo).

LWyman: Thanks! We'll include the model, date, and location next time we update the description.

great photo !!