A wooden biplane model with a cloth-insulated wire wrapped around the outer edge of the lower wing. Wire attaches to metal leaves mounted on the upper wing. World War I era US markings on both wings, ...
1906 Automobile and Aero Clubs of America Joint Show Photographs, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0902, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Close-up view, from below, of Augustus M. Herring's 1902 ...
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