Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_16_6_1
Creation Date
6-23-1905
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
The Wright 1905 Flyer at Huffman Prairie, near Dayton, taking off on the first flight of 1905 with Orville Wright as the pilot. Note on the reverse by Orville Wright "The 1905 motor at Simms Station near Dayton. The machine has just left the starting track its own propulsion being assisted by a falling weight cable rigged to the derrick for use in calm weather."
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
9-7-2000
Digitization Specification
AGFA DuoScan T2000XL
Spatial Coverage
Dayton, Ohio
Keywords
ms1_16_6_1; Huffman Prairie (Simms Station); Wright 1905 Flyer; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Airplanes--Takeoff; Launching derricks; Airplanes; Sawhorses; Launch rail; Airfields; Simms Station (Ohio); Hangars; Trees; Huffman Prairie (Ohio)
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