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Listen: The Latin ProgramOrnithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine.
Image Number
PR00436
Photographer
Underwood & Underwood.
Date
1927
Date Note
Photographed September 21, 1927.
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Subject Term
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photograph - b&w - 10 x 8 in.
General Note
Ornithopter: wing flapping foot propelled flying machine made by George R. White. Trial flights at St. Augustine of the 118 pound frame 29.5 feet and a wingspan of 8 feet in length made of chrome molydernum covered with a non-in-flammable transparent celluloid fabric.
Crashed on test flight, but was later improved.
Ornithopter and creator George R. White at St. Augustine.
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