View of the Dayton Wright RB-1 Racer, August 1920
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The Dayton-Wright RB-1 was built for speed. Designers Howard Rinehart and Milton Baumann gave the innovative airplane an enclosed cockpit, a single cantilevered wing with adjustable flaps, and retractable landing gear. Rinehart hoped to win the 1920 Gordon Bennett Air Race piloting the RB-1, but a failed control cable forced him out of the competition.
The Dayton-Wright RB-1 was built for speed. Designers Howard Rinehart and Milton Baumann gave the innovative airplane an enclosed cockpit, a single cantilevered wing with adjustable flaps, and retractable landing gear. Rinehart hoped to win the 1920 Gordon Bennett Air Race piloting the RB-1, but a failed control cable forced him out of the competition.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
01 August 1920
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.21307
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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