Piggott biplane (first contra-rotating propeller plane)

not the first use of co axial contra rotating props, Horatio Barber june 1909 very similar looking setup. Barber's machine had a gearbox just patented by Lanchester.
 
In my personal list of contra-rotating propellers aircraft, there are a few aircraft that flew before these two

-Ferber n°V-bis/VI : 27/05/1905 : Buchet 6 hp engine

-Ferber n° VIII : 1906 24 hp (destroyed by storm before first flight)
-Ravaud Aeroscaphe : 1909. Gnome 50 hp engine (unsuccessful floatplane).

-Howard Wright 1909 biplane. 50 hp engine. Flew. Wills’s Aviation Card #56 – “Howard-Wright” Biplane. | Pioneers Of Aviation (wordpress.com)-

-ASL monoplane N°1/Barber monoplane 1909. 50 hp engine. "Unsuccessful" (?)

-Seaton-Kerr biplane (1909 ?), 50 hp. Same engine as ASL monoplan N°1/Barber monoplane 1909. Flew ?

-Schindler Aquila : 1910. Brzeski 50 hp engine (crashed during first flight).

-Piggott biplan : 1912. Four-cylinder 80 hp engine. Unsuccessful ?
 

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