Roe II Triplane (Mercury)

Roe II Triplane - Mercury

Olympia Aero Show in London

Price was £550 with tuition

\This machine was sent to Brooklands for flight trials but rolled twice on take-off. After the second crash AV changed from wing warping to a control column.

The performance of the aircraft improved and it was finally dispatched by rail to the Blackpool Flying Meeting with the Roe III but on the journey the goods train set fire due to sparks coming out of the engine and landing on the truck. Both the Roe III and Mercury were totally burnt-out.

March 1910