Description
Image 39 shows parts of a flying machine, image 40 show his model 22 connected to an engine while images 41 to 45 show a kite in flight.Date(s)
About 1889-1902
Collection
Lawrence Hargrave: 'Evolution of the Flying Machine II' (1889-1902)
Description
"As far back as 1884 I put thought and labour on the evolution of the flying machine", noted Lawrence Hargrave in a letter of 9 March 1906 addressed to President and Members of The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. From 1884 onwards Hargrave read a series of papers on his aeronautical research…