Be Honest......Had you ever heard of this ?????

[hammersley]

I thought I knew a lot about airplanes..... BUT this just shows how much I don't know... ... ... ...

The Besler Steam Plane

YouTube - The Besler Steam Plane

and some history.....

The Besler Steam Plane 1933 - the first (and probably only) plane which successfully went into the air under steam power!

 

[SSell]

That's cool! Knew the germans had diesel aircraft engines, never heard of a steamer though... . kinda looks like an me109 with an extra wing.

 

[AMink]

Somewhere, I had heard of a steam plane, but couldn't tell you anything about it. Interesting stuff. As one poster said, we shouldn't be ignoring olde tyme ideas and engineering.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

That's crazy. One achilles heel of steam power is the amount of water required.

 

[Dieselnut59]

That is awesome! Old technology is amazing! I love the way he can easily "reverse" it!

 

[Jefff929]

I was amazed to see a steam tractor, no idea they had a plane in that town too. :-laf