| Lee-Richards annular monoplane | |
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| The first monoplane during construction | |
| Role | Experimental prototype |
| Manufacturer | James Radley |
| Designer | Cedric Lee and G. Tilghman Richards |
| First flight | 1913 |
| Number built | 3 |
During the pioneer years before the First World War, Cedric Lee and G. Tilghman Richards in the UK built and flew a series of aircraft having a novel flat ring-shaped or annular wing. They built both biplane and monoplane types, and in 1913 their first monoplane proved to be an early example of a statically stable aircraft.