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NOTOC. De Havilland Biplane No. 1 is a name applied retrospectively to the first aircraft constructed by Geoffrey de Havilland , who built and flew it once in December 1909 .. Geoffrey de Havilland. Geoffrey de Havilland. De Havilland undertook the project with the assistance of his friend , and soon to be brother-in-law , Frank Hearle , and financed the project with ₤ 1,000 borrowed from his maternal grandfather as an advance on his inheritance .. Frank Hearle. Frank Hearle. The resulting design was a three-bay biplane with an open-truss fuselage , equal-span unstaggered wings , and a four-wheeled undercarriage .. biplane. biplane. fuselage. fuselage. unstaggered. Stagger ( aviation ). undercarriage. Landing gear. Power was provided by a 45 hp -LRB- 30 kW -RRB- de Havilland Iris flat-four engine -LRB- custom-built by the Iris Car Company for ₤ 220 -RRB- driving two pusher propellers mounted behind the wings .. Horsepower. Kilowatt#Kilowatt. de Havilland Iris. de Havilland Iris. flat-four engine. Flat engine. Iris Car Company. Iris Car Company. A fin and stabiliser were carried to the rear , with a large elevator at the front of the aircraft .. fin. fin. elevator. Elevator ( aircraft ). Lateral control was provided by ailerons attached to the upper wing , de Havilland 's wife , Louise , sewed the linen surfaces of the wings .. wing. wing. linen. linen. With construction continuing at Fulham , de Havilland and Hearle looked for a site to test the aircraft .. Fulham. Fulham. During a visit to Crux Easton in the summer , they discovered unused sheds that had been built on Lord Carnarvon 's estate at Seven Barrows by John Moore-Brabazon .. Crux Easton. Crux Easton. Lord Carnarvon. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. Seven Barrows. Seven Barrows. John Moore-Brabazon. John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara. De Havilland purchased them in August for ₤ 150 and secured Lord Carnarvon 's permission to fly from his land .. Lord Carnarvon. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. By December , de Havilland and Hearle relocated the aircraft to the sheds and took rooms at a nearby inn .. After ground tests , they sent the aircraft rolling down Beacon Hill with de Havilland at the controls .. It became airborne briefly , covering some 100 ft -LRB- 35 m -RRB- before the left wing failed , and the aircraft crashed .. wing. wing. De Havilland 's most serious injury was a blow to the wrist from one of the still-spinning propellers , received after extricating himself from the wreckage .. The engine was salvaged and powered the team 's next aircraft , the de Havilland Biplane No. 2 , which first flew in September 1910 , also at Beacon Hill .. de Havilland Biplane No. 2. de Havilland Biplane No. 2