Box 17A
Container
Contains 128 Results:
Lower left front view of Wilbur Wright in flight at Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
Wilbur Wright circling the field at Les Hunaudières near Le Mans, 1908 Aug.
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
The Wright 1907 Flyer appears over the hangar and spectators.
Dates:
1908 Aug.
Front view of Wilbur Wright in flight at Les Hunaudières, Le Mans, 1908 Aug.
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908 Aug.
Front view of Wilbur Wright flying with a passenger, probably at Camp d’Auvours near Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
Distant view of Wilbur Wright flying alone at Camp d’Auvours, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 9
Scope and Contents
The observation tower and a huge crowd of spectators are visible in the far distance.
Dates:
1908
Left rear view of Wilbur Wright in flight with a passenger, possibly at Camp d’Auvours, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
Right front view of Wilbur Wright in flight at Camp d’Auvours near Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
Photographic postcard showing Wilbur Wright flying at sunset during his endurance record flight at Camp d’Auvours., 1908 Sept. 21
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 12
Scope and Contents
The flight lasted 91 minutes and won him the Aero-Club of France prize.
Dates:
1908 Sept. 21
Right front view of Wilbur Wright in flight at Camp d’Auvours near Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
Photographic postcard showing Wilbur Wright in a high flight over balloon markers at Camp d’Auvours, Le Mans., 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
