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BAC drone in flight
Unknown, 1932, Lantern slide
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BAC drone in flight
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34696
Title
BAC drone in flight
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Unknown
Date
1932
Size
8.2 x 8.2 cm
Type
Lantern slide
The original full size drone was built by the British Aircraft company which was founded in 1928 to build a series of gliders, but in 1932 its designer and managing director, C. H. Lowe Wylde, fitted a 600cc Douglas motorcycle engine to the BAC VII tandem two-seater to produce the Planette. Two more were built, but during demonstration flights on 13 May 1933, Lowe Wylde was killed.
The firm was then taken over by Robert Kronfeld who modified the second Planette with a streamlined pylon, and renamed the design the Drone.
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