Alexander Bell Plane

[johnbr]

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

Baddeck, Nova Scotia, 1909

 

[johnbr]

1909. Kite Engine

 

[johnbr]

Alexander Graham Bell's kites looked like bizarre UFOs

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Zipper730]

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