Any way YOU ARE UP 

Apparently the R31 was an evil handling thing, belying it's looks.  

Ok, mine should be easy.

1.  Construction technique way ahead of its time

2.  Successful racing aircraft

3.  Speed record breaker

Back to you again.

 1 - single bay biplane

 2 - early version was of wood & fabric construction. 

 3 - later most pruduced version was redesigned as an all metal construction

 4 - single seat 

 5 - first flight 1919

 6 - fixed conventional landing gear 

 7 - radial engine , air cooled

Won the Gordon B two years in a row and broke the record at 130mph.

1 - single bay biplane

 2 - early version was of wood & fabric construction.

 3 - later most pruduced version was redesigned as an all metal construction

 4 - single seat

 5 - first flight 1919

 6 - fixed conventional landing gear

 7 - radial engine , air cooled

 8 - 485  built

 9 - wings of unequal span

10 - this bird was eventually replaced by a dog

 Alright , so no guess's for sometime now, so another bit of info. 

1 - single bay biplane

 2 - early version was of wood & fabric construction.

 3 - later most pruduced version was redesigned as an all metal construction

 4 - single seat

 5 - first flight 1919

 6 - fixed conventional landing gear

 7 - radial engine , air cooled

 8 - 485 built

 9 - wings of unequal span

10 - this bird was eventually replaced by a dog

11 - originally designed to use a 9 cyl radial engine that was named after a flying insect

12 - was replcaced in the later redesign with a more reliable engine named after a large cat species