Just A Car Guy: Burnelli

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Friday, March 10, 2023

look at this magazine cover art... WOW

I've never came across Otto Brennemann's art or illustrations before

I was looking for info on the flying catamaran airplane that Air Via Transport Company of New York had Lewis A Yancey piloting, that I posted last week... https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2023/03/cool-design-similar-to-that-1929-italia.html

When I came across this amazing magazine cover art on Google Books! YAY! I hope you enjoy reading magazines, and love that these are digital, free, incredibly interesting, and lit by your computer/tablet/laptop monitor for optima viewing!

And it's FULL of cool stuff, like these patents! Here's one from Brunelli!! I was just posting (or adding to old posts) about the Burnelli aircraft!

Since I was looking up Yancey's aircraft, this advertisement led me to this magazine on Google Books..

https://books.google.com/books?id=XEogxsXaMNsC&pg=PA117&dq=%22Lewis+A+Yancey%22+Transport+Company+of+New+York&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-xOGZkdL9AhWDiO4BHdMqAQ4Q6AF6BAgSEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false

Wednesday, March 01, 2023

they wrecked a LOT of planes back in the 20s, and Steve helped a lot with info and interior photos of this one, The Remington Burnelli, known as Miss Essex, because an Essex car was inside it when it crashed

https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5828468857/in/album-72157626827700801/

Remington Burnelli 2 is written on the tail of this plane

The accident occurred on Tuesday, October 27, 1925 (it was repaired and served for a few years afterwards).

Along with the pilot, mechanic, and Vincent Burnelli , there were four Boston newspaper reporters were on board (one was slightly hurt). Also on board was a 1925 Essex Six Coach

News photographer Leslie Jones worked for The Boston Herald Traveler for nearly four decades between 1917 to 1956. His coverage of Northeast life at that time ranged from the quotidian (dog and cat shows) to the spectacular (murder scenes) to the bizarre (ice-encrusted fishing boats). A large selection of Jones’ photographs donated to the Boston Public Library after his death in 1967 reveal the lensman’s consistent interests in a handful of distinct subjects, however. One being his predilection for documenting plane crashes. It’s not entirely surprising that a photographer would find themselves covering so many aviation mishaps, given the exponential prevalence of air travel at the time. Many of these crashes were non-fatal, involving low-altitude flights with few passengers. Some are calculated crash landings. But a glance through Jones’ work on the subject reveals his interest in recording the people drawn to these scenes, in addition to the wrecks themselves.

https://timeline.com/these-plane-crash-pictures-show-one-photographers-quest-to-chronicle-early-aviation-failures-af8a5424f01f

Aside from the car, the interior was set up like an office.

Thank you Steve!

Monday, August 22, 2016

Burnelli glider design, built by Bowlus-Criz MC-1 XCG-16 military transport glider experimental

https://www.flickr.com/photos/133697406@N05/18243731244/

Following photos date from September 21, 1944 and were likely taken at Oxnard Flight Strip in California; this later became Oxnard Air Force Base and is now Camarillo Airport.

http://retromechanix.com/general-airborne-transport-xcg-16-military-transport-assault-glider-part-2/

From a Popular Science magazine

http://histomil.com/viewtopic.php?t=691&start=430
http://www.indianamilitary.org/FreemanAAF/Aircraft%20-%20American/XCG-16/XCG-16.htm

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Burnelli aircraft design, cheaper, safer, more fuel efficient... why aren't these being built, what does Boeing and the other major commercial airline builders have against it?

Burnelli News Story from http://justacargal.blogspot.com/search/label/Burnelli where Tere has more than one post that displays photos, engineering drawings, and lots to read to show that the basic flying wing design that has evolved or drawn inspiration from the 1921 Burnelli lifting body design is a damn good idea. Creat more lift with the body, have smaller wings, and you'll have less drag as well I imagine

The Old Motor http://theoldmotor.com/?p=5935 had posted this 1935 press photo back in Feb 2011, which is in great focus and close up of the fuselage. The 1934 Ford was underslung to demonstrate it's high altitude starting ability (would have been easier to have a press conference in high altitude Colorado mountains)