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[Cygnet I in air]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I aircraft being towed by the steamship Blue Hill (not pictured) at Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 4, 1907. The catamaran below the aircraft is its launch vessel, the Ugly…

[Cygnet I in flight]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite, manned by Thomas E. Selfridge, in flight over Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. The kite is being towed by the steamship Blue Hill (not pictured). The captions…

[Cygnet I kite and men on boat]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite onboard its tender, the catamaran Ugly Duckling, at Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. Several men are on boat, including Thomas E. Selfridge (seated on…

[Cygnet I kite on boat]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite aboard its tender, the catamaran Ugly Duckling, being towed into launch position by the steamship Blue Hill, Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. Thomas E. Selfridge…

[Cygnet I kite on boat]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite, manned by Thomas E. Selfridge, aboard the catamaran Ugly Duckling as it is towed into launch position by the steamship Blue Hill, Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907.…

[Cygnet II kite]
Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet II kite on the ice at Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, February 25, 1909.Inscription: "Side view of Cygnet II, taken on ice in Baddeck Bay, Feb. 25, 1909."Caption from bulletin: "31. Drome No. 5,…

[Thomas E. Selfridge in Cygnet I kite]
Photograph of Thomas E. Selfridge in the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, November 14, 1907.Inscription: "Lieut. Selfridge in the man hole of the kite Signet, Nov. 14, 1907."Caption from bulletin: "4. Lieut.…
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