Another model (made 12 years ago), of a true pioneer (yes, the airfoil was "flat and angular"):
Minimalism has a long and strong tradition in aviation history.
The “less is more” paradigm has always found champions that dared to go where no one had gone before. And because when you travel the best thing to do is to travel light, they got rid of whatever they could, minimizing weight, drag, structural complexity and cost.
I love these machines and the people that created and flew them; they represent for me the epitome of “think different”.
And here we have a model that depicts one of Rene Arnoux’s creations: “Le Stablavion”, something like a tailless plane in pusher configuration with a somewhat flat wing airfoil.
Considering that this was 1912, and that this and other similar machines built by the same creator actually flew, I think Rene Arnoux deserves a not always recognized prominent place as a pioneer of this (then and now) innovative configuration.