Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss with 80 Gnome – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss with 80 Gnome brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss with 80 Gnome
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Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss aircraft, fitted with what the title identifies as an 80 Gnome engine, is the focus of this May 1913 photograph. Beachey was one of the best-known exhibition pilots of the early aviation era, and he flew for Glenn Curtiss's team, performing daring maneuvers that drew large crowds to air meets. The Gnome was a French rotary engine whose cylinders spun around a fixed crankshaft, and it powered many aircraft of the period. The picture offers a clear look at how these machines were built around such engines before the war years transformed aviation.
| Created / published | May 1913. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Ernest L. Jones Collection. No. 8906 A.S. |
| Subjects | Airplanes--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,299 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177478 |
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