. Local call number: PR00456 Corporate author: Underwood & Underwood. Title: [Ornithopter and inventor George R. White at Saint Augustine] Physical descrip: 1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 8 in. General note: The ornithopter was a wing-flapping, foot-propelled flying machine made by George R. White, a former flying instructor from Stoney Brook, Long Island, New York. The frame weighed 118 pounds, the wingspan was feet, and it was 8 feet in length. It was made of chrome molybdenum covered with a non-inflammable transparent celluloid fabric. Trial flights were conducted on the beach at St. Augusti
. Local call number: PR00456 Corporate author: Underwood & Underwood. Title: [Ornithopter and inventor George R. White at Saint Augustine] Physical descrip: 1 photograph: b&w ; 10 x 8 in. General note: The ornithopter was a wing-flapping, foot-propelled flying machine made by George R. White, a former flying instructor from Stoney Brook, Long Island, New York. The frame weighed 118 pounds, the wingspan was feet, and it was 8 feet in length. It was made of chrome molybdenum covered with a non-inflammable transparent celluloid fabric. Trial flights were conducted on the beach at St. Augustine. It crashed on a test flight, but it was later improved. White hoped to attain a speed of 40 miles per hour. Date captured: Photographed September 21, 1927. Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: Persistent URL: type=PHOTOGRAPH&searchdata1=Rc03509 . 21 September 1927, 14:51:57. Florida Memory 38 Ornithopter and inventor George R. White at Saint Augustine 4
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Photo credit: © The Picture Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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