[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 Duckling.

Inscription: "Kite Cygnet I, in the air, towed by the steamer Blue Hill, near Baddeck, N.S. Dec. 4, 1907. The vessel in the picture is the Ugly Duckling from which the Cygnet arose."

Caption from bulletin: "3. Kite Cygnet I in the air, towed by the steamer Blue Hill, near Baddeck, N.S., Dec. 4, 1907. The vessel in the picture is the catamaran boat 'The Ugly Duckling' from which the Cygnet arose. The Steamer Blue Hill is further to the right beyond the limits of the photograph. This illustrates a preliminary ascension of the kite Cygnet I without any man on board."

Photograph from a bulletin titled "Bulletins of the Aerial Experiment Association," a souvenir volume consisting of eight (8) pages of text and thirty-one (31) photographs illustrating the work of the Aerial Experiment Association, issued April 12, 1909.