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Old 16 March 2015, 07:36 PM   #1
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Some old biplanes to ID

These are some photos of some old biplanes that visited my hometown, probably before World War I. Can anyone identify these planes? I think the first photo of one in the pond maybe Jenny but don't know which model of it our the number of yet. It says Join The Air Service on the side of the plane. The story is, the plane was brought was brought to town on a rail car and assembled at the county fair ground for a demo flight. When the pilot starting the engine, one of the local mechanic said it didn't sound right, but the pilot said what what I look like you know about airplanes? Then he promptly try to take off and landed in the pond.
The second photo is of a plane also taken somewhere in my hometown many years ago. It has an unusual engine, that should help to identify it.
Do you think the plane in the third and last photo is the same plane as in either one of the other two photos?
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Old 16 March 2015, 07:37 PM   #2
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Here is the second photo

Can anyone identify this plane and maybe give it a year of manufacture?
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Old 16 March 2015, 07:39 PM   #3
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Third photo

All of these photos are from different sources but for the same hometown.
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Old 16 March 2015, 07:48 PM   #4
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3rd photo looks like a Bleriot with 50hp Gnome.

Great photos, what and where is the hometown?

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Old 17 March 2015, 09:00 AM   #5
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The second is a Benoist XII with modified ailerons of 1912 or 13. More information on where the pictures come from would be interesting.
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Old 17 March 2015, 11:40 AM   #6
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The first looks like a Jenny gunnery trainer, which seems to have existed in OX-5 and Hisso versions; no idea which this might be. Ransom
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Old 17 March 2015, 08:22 PM   #7
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These photos were all found in the mid-west, USA, Troy Missouri historical society archives. I am assuming these planes were probably visiting for some of the Missouri county fairs. The one in the pond was written up in the local paper and a fellow in the town still has part of the propeller.
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