The British Granger brothers pose with an early iteration of their Archaeopteryx tailless homebuilt in the early 1930s

Posted by jacksmachiningreveng@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 10 comments

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Leading_Scar_1079@reddit

It’s crazy to me that people could just, build a plane. I wouldn’t know where to start (nor do I think I could even afford it)

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Gabitus963@reddit

Купите куклу и сделайте для нее макет какой вам нравится. Затем увеличьте все размеры .На столько насколько кукла меньше Вас.

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homoiconic@reddit

In aeronautics, a tailless aircraft is an aircraft with no other horizontal aerodynamic surface besides its main wing. It may still have a fuselage, vertical tail fin (vertical stabilizer), and/or vertical rudder.

—Wikipedia

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aetarnis@reddit

Thanks, this was the first question I had, just from seeing the thumbnail.

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xerberos@reddit

So were those pants in fashion at that time, or is it some kind of practical outfit for pilots? Don't want to get your pants stuck in the pedals.

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They are plus fours, and were very common in both England and on the continent. The titular character in the Tintin newspaper strips, graphic novels, and animated series wore similar trousers, and he was more-or-less Belgian.

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homoiconic@reddit

Plus fours.

For people who grew up with Tintin, he wore similar trousers in the graphic novels and newspaper strips.

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jacksmachiningreveng@reddit (OP)

Given that this was 1930s Britain it was almost certainly the fomer.

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jacksmachiningreveng@reddit (OP)

The Granger Archaeopteryx is a British single-engined, tailless parasol monoplane designed and built in the late 1920s by two brothers, R.F.T. and R.J.T. Granger. The sole example built is currently under restoration for flight.