PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

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Do we have any Wright Bros Kitty Hawk Bluemooners?

No, but my great grandfather was a Charles Fletcher who was an aviator from Manchester, one of the first to get something up in the air, at Platt Fields iirc. He made his own rotary engines (cue Wankel jokes). John Alcock was an assistant of his for a while before teaming up with Brown.

 

[NZBlue]

No, but my great grandfather was a Charles Fletcher who was an aviator from Manchester, one of the first to get something up in the air, at Platt Fields iirc. He made his own rotary engines (cue Wankel jokes). John Alcock was an assistant of his for a while before teaming up with Brown.

Aviation Photo #2388821: Empress Aviation Empress Pusher Biplane - Untitled (Charles Fletcher)

This pusher biplane was built by Charles Fletcher's Empress Aviation Company in Manchester in 1910. It utilised features of the Farman designs and its engine was a close copy of the Gnome. It made several short hops at Manchester's racecourse before being taken to Brooklands. Fletcher was sued...

www.airliners.net

 

[halfcenturyup]

Aviation Photo #2388821: Empress Aviation Empress Pusher Biplane - Untitled (Charles Fletcher)

This pusher biplane was built by Charles Fletcher's Empress Aviation Company in Manchester in 1910. It utilised features of the Farman designs and its engine was a close copy of the Gnome. It made several short hops at Manchester's racecourse before being taken to Brooklands. Fletcher was sued...

www.airliners.net

Yes, thanks. That's him in the bowler.

"Fletcher was sued by Gnome for unauthorised use of their design and became bankrupt." Explaining why I grew up in Droylsden and not Wilmslow with the other nouveau riche (you know who you are ....).

:)