Canadian Warplanes 1: Burgess-Dunne floatplane, Canada Aviation Corps

Burgess-Dunne floatplane, Model AH-7 (DND Archives Photo, PL-115112) Burgess-Dunne floatplane, Canada’s first military aircraft. The Dunne D.8 of 1912 was a tailless swept wing biplane, designed by J.W. Dunne to have inherent stability.  One example was supplied to RAE Farnborough.  License-built Burgess-Dunne models were used by the US Signal Corps and the USN.  One was … Read more