Hello all
What to do with all that open void of space above your layout ????? A Rittenhouse Aeroplane will add patrol the airways and shoot down any intruders ...especially spiders .
The electric toy train world and aviation hit the scene about the same time and grew and matured over time ..of course one took to the sky and the other still spins circles on a table top ...
Electric trains were considered "electric novelties"..... like the little motor that sit a spin , fans , anything that drew a current .... Rittenhouse makers of all things that go ding dong ( door bells and chimes) added a motor to a plane and soared beginning 1913.
Rittenhouse advertised the little planes from 1913 -1918 ... instructions claim you can start for the floor circling for a proper takeoff . The video shows an initial test flight just suspended from the ceiling . The two wires holding the plane are live .
This one day will grace the airspace over the the train layout .
Cheers Carey