This spider is commonly known as the Biscuit Boxkite (Isoxya tabulata), named for its distinctive, hard, biscuit-shaped abdomen.
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May 30
Pilot is ok, is the main thing. They can fix the boxkite if it's damaged. I guess depends on the crops etc. Which trees did it disappear behind?
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May 6
perhaps one can interest you in another kind of boxkite spiders that looks like a poptart...
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This is a Biscuit Boxkite spider (Isoxya tabulata), an orb-weaver known for its unique flat, hardened abdomen that resembles a cracker or pastry.
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This is a Biscuit Boxkite spider (Isoxya tabulata), an orb-weaver known for its unique flat, hardened abdomen that resembles a cracker or pastry.
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This is a Biscuit Boxkite spider (Isoxya tabulata), an orb-weaver known for its unique flat, hardened abdomen that resembles a cracker or pastry.
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1 March 1914. Point Cook airbase, first Australian military flight, when Lieutenant Eric Harrison took a Bristol Boxkite into the sky.
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Feb 15
Great speaking with Yohei Asada last night at the Hildebrandt Building. He was in town after dining at the stunning new restaurant ROSY in Ohio City. We connected at the WITH LOVE art show curated by the great @Joeyjumpshot and talked about his Boxkite Shopin Akron.
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Feb 5
Shuttleworth Collection's replica Bristol Boxkite over Old Warden.
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9 January 1911. New Zealand aviator Joseph Joel "Joe" Hammond, (19 July 1886 – 22 September 1918) reached an estimated at 44-47mph and an altitude of 2,500 feet while giving a demonstration of his Bristol Boxkite attended by the Governor of Western Australia.
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10 Dec 2025
John Rutherford Gordon at the controls of a Grahame-White "Boxkite", Point Cook, Victoria, 1917.
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17 Nov 2025
On July 13, 2025, a stunning replica of the 1910 Bristol Boxkite Britain's cheeky copy of the French Farman III (plans straight from 1909's Flight mag) gracefully touched down at an English airfield. This winged wonder from aviation's dawn still soars!
Fahad Naim
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9 Nov 2025
The view seen by pilot Paul Stone as he flies the Shuttleworth Collection's Bristol Boxkite over Old Warden
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4 Nov 2025
5 November 1907. French aviator Ferdinand Marie Léon Delagrange flew a Voisin Boxkite at Issy les Moulineaux over 1600ft but damaged the aircraft on landing.
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16 Oct 2025
17 October 1911. Zee Yee Lee (1891 - 1944), likely China's first aviator, qualified for the Royal Aero Club certificate (No.148), flying a Bristol Boxkite on Salisbury Plain. He brought two Etrich Taube monoplanes to China and flew over Shanghai in April 1912.
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26 Sep 2025
27 September 1910. First British aeroplane radio (a 14- pound Thorne Baker with a mile range) tested by Robert Loraine in his Bristol Boxkite, transmitting simple Morse keyed words while flying with his free hand. Ground to air communications achieved with hand-held lamp signals.
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22 Sep 2025
Today's #PostMarkMonday is on an #antique 1911 #PostCard titled 'The First Aeroplane Flight, March 1911 Singapore'. It was a tribute to #pilot Joseph Christiaens who flew a Bristol Boxkite biplane in front of the old Farrer racecourse--posted June 1912 from #Singapore.
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