parachute and may be described as a biplane with two almost circular disks; it had
There is no concrete proof that the Mortimer
and Vaughan "Safety" aeroplane (Great Britain), which appeared
in late 1909, ever got off the ground. It crashed and burned on tests in 1910. This
was the first aeroplane to combine the properties of a flying machine and the
parachute and may be described as a biplane with two almost circular disks; it had
a propeller in front and two in the center.