Early 20th Century Folk Art Aeroplane Weather-vane
an early 20th century handmade Folk Art American weather-vane aeroplane. The plane is in complete original form and structure, made from wood, metal . The aeroplane and the propeller still move when the wind blows. The weather vane probably dates to the early 1930’s, as plane designs transitioned from open cockpit bi-wing to streamlined, enclosed cockpit, mono-wing designs for greater speed. In the 1930’s most plane manufacturers built prototypes of streamlined Bi-planes to test fly.
Painted and mounted on a bespoke rusted iron base with its metal bracket still in place.
Dimensions 48cm wingspan x 46cm length x 44cm high on stand
In Europe the Czech company Avia had a prototype fighter plane, B.534, similar to the weather-vane flying in 1933, they built about 600 planes across 4 variations. In the theatre of war however the Bi-plane was outgunned by the new faster mono-wing planes, it eventually was relegated to training and observation flights. The lightweight fabric and wood construction resulted in all the the planes built disappearing, there is a modern reconstruction of the B 534 in the Czech National Aeronautical Museum.
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