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."
Aerial Experiment Association, [AEA Cygnet I aircraft being towed by steamship Blue Hill], [2018-10-01-B_image_030]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 13/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/20510