What is it? The beginnings of a scratch-built scale model of the Mignet-Crosley Flying Flea, being built by Richard Crossley in the UK.Richard builds small-scale free-flight models for indoor flying (a wonderful hobby--you don't have to chase them far!) I've shared some photos of the original Flying Flea with him, and I think I may try building it in a few months. (A switch from model rockets.)
Click on the photo to see a larger version of the fuselage. There will be more photos of the Crossley-Crosley Flying Flea here as the work progresses.
--Mike http://www.michaelabanks.com
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?? Did P.C. fly with Tony Fokker during the 1925 Ford Reliability Tour??
Un-identified photo shows several crew members, one appears to be Powel Crosley.
See _Globe-Democrat_ Glass Plate Negative, image #GDGPS0058:
http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/getimage-idx?view=image;entryid=x-gdgps0058;viewid=GDGPS0058;cc=mercic;c=mercic;quality=1
This photo appears as the mirror-image of the actual scene from October 1925.
?? -- Is the tallest guy, standing next to Tony Fokker (head gear), Powel Crossley ???
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