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| Date: | Friday 4 May 1928 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Bonney Gull |
| Owner/operator: | Leonard Warden Bonney |
| Registration: | K-1783 |
| MSN: | 1-sub |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Roosevelt Field, Garden City NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Roosevelt Field NY |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed from about 100 feet a few seconds after taking off on it's first flight; killing it's designer, Leonard Warden Bonney. An unorthadox aircraft, it featured wings with variable camber, tips that could be swung back 20 degrees, rotated upwards on landing as speedbrakes, and folded back for transportation and storage.
Sources:
Jim Winchester "The World's Worst Aircraft", 2005
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2011 03:29 | jhefner | Added |
| 08-Mar-2021 19:10 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 05-Jun-2022 17:12 | Cobar | Updated [Cn, ] |
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