There were separate elevators and a rudder of half-heart shape, the point extending well below the fuselage to about the level of the lower wing.

It was designed to have inherent stability and for a time, early in its life, demonstrated this by flying without its tailfin.

He took it to various aviation meetings and also made a cross-channel flight with Princess Lowenstein Wertheim as a passenger.

He also made many flights between meetings with his wife and six-year-old daughter in the front seat, qualifying the Type G as a three-seater.

[1] At the outbreak of war in 1914 the Type G was bought by the Royal Naval Air Service and was based at Hendon, being used for training and defence.

[2] On one occasion, mistaken by London ground forces for a German Taube because of the wing shape, it was caught in a "friendly fire" incident but survived.