Pilot Howard Rinehart Standing on Wing of the Dayton Wright RB-1 Racer, August 1920

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Artifact Overview

Howard Rinehart demonstrated the strength of the single cantilevered wing on his Dayton-Wright RB-1. Designed by Rinehart and Milton Baumann, the innovative airplane also featured movable wing flaps, retractable landing gear, and an enclosed cockpit. Rinehart hoped to win the 1920 Gordon Bennett Air Race flying the RB-1, but a failed control cable forced him out of the competition.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

19 August 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1629.225

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6.625 in
Width: 5.5 in

Pilot Howard Rinehart Standing on Wing of the Dayton Wright RB-1 Racer, August 1920