This year marks the 100 year anniversary of Henri Coanda’s 1910 aircraft.

This revolutionary aircraft was unique in that it was one of the first to use a compressor and reactive thrust system. However, more importantly, as Coanda attempted to fly the aircraft he discovered the phenomenon which bears his name to this day –  the Coanda Effect.

Henri Coanda, a Romanian born engineer, worked for a time at the Bristol Aircraft Company as their “Chef Technique”. The picture below shows him, on the right, outside Filton House.

As a tribute to Henri Coanda and his 1910 aircraft, S & C Thermofluids has produce a model based on that 1910 aircraft designed also to demonstrate the Coanda effect.

S & C Thermofluids will be displaying this model at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow on top of our brochure rack located at the West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) stand (H1/B16). We are hoping this model will be available as a product by mid 2011.