The Cody V was a single-engined biplane built by the British-based American aviation pioneer Samuel Franklin Cody in 1912. It was built from the remains of two of Cody's earlier aircraft, and won the 1912 British Military Aeroplane Competition, with two aircraft being purchased for the Royal Flying Corps. It was abandoned after the mid air disintegration of one of the aircraft in April 1913.
Cody V biplane
Cody V in flight
The second Cody V biplane on display at the Science Museum, London
Samuel Franklin Cowdery was a Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight.
Samuel Franklin Cody in 1909
'Valecroft', Cody's former home in Ash Vale, Surrey, England
Man-lifting War Kite designed by Cody
The wreckage of Cody's fatal air crash