[AEA Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft in flight over Keuka Lake]

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Identifier2018-10-01-B_image_040SourceThe Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association Photograph Collection (2018-10-01-B), Box 1, Folder 3CreatorAerial Experiment AssociationDescriptionPhotograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft, piloted by Frederick Walker Baldwin, in flight over Keuka Lake, New York, March 17, 1908. The captions note that this photo was taken just before the aircraft crashed.

Inscription: "Drome No. 1 Selfridge's Red Wing flying over the ice on Lake Keuka near Hammondsport, N.Y. carrying Mr. F. W. Baldwin as aviator on March 17, 1908. Taken immediately before catastrophe which wrecked the machine but left the aviator uninjured."

Caption from bulletin: "13. Drome No. 1, Selfridge's Red Wing, making its last flight over the ice on Lake Keuka, near Hammondsport, N.Y., carrying Mr. F.W. Baldwin, Chief Engineer of the A.E.A., as Aviator March 17, 1908. The photograph shows a lack of lateral stability in the machine. It was tilted over on one side and is sliding down side-ways towards the ice."

Part of a souvenir bulletin containing text and photographs related to the work of the Aerial Experiment Association, issued April 12, 1909.Creation Date1908-03-17SubjectAerial Experiment AssociationAerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 1 Red WingBaldwin, Frederick Walker, 1882-1948Keuka Lake (N.Y.)PlaceNew York (State)United StatesOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association Photograph Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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