Alexander Bell Plane

• Jun 24, 2018

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Kite" [Close-up view of John A. D. McCurdy at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association Cygnet II.]
Baddeck, Nova Scotia, 1909

 

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• Jun 24, 2018

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1909. Kite Engine

 

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• Jul 4, 2018

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Alexander Graham Bell's kites looked like bizarre UFOs

 

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Good shots!

 

• Jul 12, 2018

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Ironically the arrangements are an interesting starting point for structural engineering, the problem was that you'd want those structures internally! That looks like some kind of flying radio antenna