Antique Scenic Print - Chanute's double decker machine, 1896 – Historic Reproduction
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Step back in time with Antique Scenic Print - Chanute's double decker machine, 1896, a historic print rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Antique Scenic Print - Chanute's double decker machine, 1896
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Chanute's double decker machine stacks its wings in two tiers, a layout that became the standard form for the biplanes that followed. Octave Chanute, a Chicago engineer who had spent years studying gliding flight, built and tested craft like this in 1896 on the sand dunes along Lake Michigan with his associate Augustus Herring. Chanute shared his findings widely, and the Wright brothers drew on his published work as they developed their own aircraft. The open wooden frame and fabric-covered wings show the materials and methods of the period.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,216 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113932 |
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