alb3946236

Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, 1908 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, 1908 (1956). Wright, together with his brother Orville, was an American co-inventor of aircraft. They originally designed and built bicycles but changed their interest to flying, producing a controllable glider by 1902, and a year later the first aircraft, Flyer I. This was piloted by Orville on 17th December 1903 in the first powered and controlled aircraft flight. The Flyer III, built in 1905, was the first efficient plane and, by 1909, the American army had ordered a military version. From the Science Museum, London. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.

Share
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Copy link
Email

Add to another lightbox

Do you already have an account? Sign in

You do not have an account? Register

Buy this image. Select the use:

Title: Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, 1908 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Caption: Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, 1908 (1956). Wright, together with his brother Orville, was an American co-inventor of aircraft. They originally designed and built bicycles but changed their interest to flying, producing a controllable glider by 1902, and a year later the first aircraft, Flyer I. This was piloted by Orville on 17th December 1903 in the first powered and controlled aircraft flight. The Flyer III, built in 1905, was the first efficient plane and, by 1909, the American army had ordered a military version. From the Science Museum, London. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.

Credit: Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images

Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
Rights questions?

Image size: 3659 × 4776 px | 50.0 MB

Print size: 31.0 × 40.4 cm | 1440.6 × 1880.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1 • 1900S • 1990S • 20TH CENTURY • 90S • AEROPLANE • AIR TRANSPORT • AIRCRAFT • AIRPLANE • AMERICA • AMERICAN • AVIATION • AVIATOR • B & W • B / W • B W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • CAP • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CENTURY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FIRST • FLIGHT • FLYER I • GUY • HANDWRITING • HANDWRITTEN • HEADDRESS • HEADGEAR • INNOVATION • INNOVATIONS • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NINETIES • NINETIES, THE • NINETY DECADE • ORVILLE WRIGHT • ORVILLE • PEOPLE • PIONEER • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • SIGNATURE • TECHNOLOGY • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • UNITED STATES • USA • WILBUR WRIGHT • WILBUR • WRIGHT