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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Oct 17, 2008 11:13:45 GMT 1
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Post by Bonefish on Oct 17, 2008 23:41:41 GMT 1
nice one royston some good shots there !
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Oct 18, 2008 11:51:39 GMT 1
Thanks for the praise ;D Sorry but the name is Roy, no -ston on the end, please  |
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Oct 27, 2008 18:23:39 GMT 1
Aldershot Military Museum www3.hants.gov.uk/aldershot-museum has a permanent Cody gallery, but for the centenary of his first flight they have an additional display on until December 23. The museum is open daily, so if you came at a weekend you could also visit the FAST www.airsciences.org.uk/museum which has a number items dedicated to Cody, including the full size Flier replica. In addition, the Friends of the Military Museum ran coach trips on the four Sundays in October, visiting the kite flying site and original site of the Balloon School and Factory, Cody's houses, Qinetiq (by special permission) to see the replica of Cody's Tree, the FAST museum to see the Flier, and the Aldershot Military Cemetary and Cody's grave. There are some pics at www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=134269&l=7b30e&id=1313115157 |
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Post by C2LLN on Oct 27, 2008 19:49:53 GMT 1
Very interesting stuff, if only I was retired!!! The latest October ‘Kiteflyer’ had some informative articles that I have eventually got round to reading. One by Paul Chapman, who I think had a static display at Swindon Kite Festival this year, ( I could be wrong? ) who was a walking encyclopaedia on Cody. Another article in ‘Aerodyne’ by Martha taken from Andy Davies’s web site www.design-technology.org/cody.htm
I do not own a Cody (I fly other peoples) as I cannot be bothered with the assembly and disassembly.
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Oct 27, 2008 21:15:33 GMT 1
Paul is probably the world authority on Cody kites, but doesn't seem to spread a lot of it about  Any article from him will be as near the the truth as we can get 100 years removed. Cody appreciated the value of publicity, and there were many photographs taken, but unlike digital pics, most would be undated, so it is difficult to be sure of the kite timeline. In addition, nearly every kite that Cody made was different. It is only when you start looking at the pictures that you realise that even the War Kites (THE Cody kite) had almost endless variations. I have read (and enjoyed) both of those articles. Certainly the big Cody that I bought at Rougham takes some time to assemble and rig properly (if you don't break a spar!), but it needn't be so: one of Cody's Navy kites was designed to be rigged and launched in 'only a few minutes'. Unfortunately I cannot find the reference at the moment, as I have several books on Cody, as well as a cd, but will keep looking for it. Perhaps a 'quick erect' Cody could be a future workshop idea? |
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Post by dreamcatcherwolf on Oct 27, 2008 22:45:53 GMT 1
I thought that I had found the reference, but like so many things, it is not so simple!
The kite I found is called a Dove kite after the designer, and all the details are in an article by Paul Chapman (again!) in The Kiteflier, issue 112, July 2007.
I won't go into details here, except to say that it LOOKS like a form of Cody, Paul says it could be described as a Conyne Cody. It takes a while to trim it correctly, and has a flutter while flying, though not excessively so. I'm not sure that it is 'quick erect', but it is quick dismantling!
In case this is not what I was thinking about, I will continue to check my Cody reference books.
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Any article from him will be as near the the truth as we can get 100 years removed.