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Remarks from Roger Cain: "This is the R.G. Fowler biplane that is on current loan to the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California, USA. More info at: Early Birds of Aviation. According to the book 'The Life and Times of Robert G. Fowler' by Maria Schell Burden, the plane in your picture is known as a 'Fowler-Gage'. Below is a paragraph from the book on the plane: While completing exhibition commitments in Kansas City, Robert (Bob) G. Fowler began working on plans for a new, more powerful aeroplane with Jay Gage, a Los Angeles, California aeronautical engineer and aviator whose aircraft designs were getting a lot of attention. Bob placed an order for a single propeller tractor biplane with ane enclosed fuselage, which would make flying in adverse conditions more comfortable. A V-8 A-3 Hall-Scott 80 hp engine insured the needed power to acheive Fowler's newest goal. The engine had been heavily tested and promised to make a frequent spark plug failures and overheating a problem of the past. This is an interesting book with lots of information about the plane and its history and sells in a soft back volume for about $10.00. This plane was built in late 1912 and was Gage's fifth airplane built, which was for Fowler. Gage and Fowler collaborated on its design so that it could be dissassembled in sections for shipping and included a front seat in front of the pilots seat. The plane also had a pontoon added to the plane for flying the famous 'Panama Flight'. Attached a picture I took of it at Hiller Museum in 1998."