Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_20_10_4
Creation Date
1908
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
Louis Malecot's airship in flight dragging a basket across the field. The basket was used for vertical steering. The basket was suspended by its two ends and hung some 60 feet below the keel. The vertical rudder at the rear of the airship provided horizontal steering.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic print, black and white
Permissions
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Date Digital
3-4-2003
Digitization Specification
AGFA DuoScan T2000 XL
Spatial Coverage
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Keywords
ms1_20_10_4; Early Aircraft and Pilots; Airships; Malecot, Louis; Balloonists; Baskets; Flight; Spectators
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