Wilbur Wright Flying at Hunaudieres Race Course, Le Mans, France, August 1908

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Artifact Overview

Worried that rivals would steal their yet-to-be patented designs, the Wright brothers stopped flying publicly for nearly three years in late 1905. People began to doubt that the Wrights had ever flown. Skeptics were silenced in August 1908 when Wilbur Wright made a series of spectacular demonstration flights at Le Mans, France, achieving more distance and control than anyone else.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

August 1908

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2000.53.129

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Glass (Material)

Technique

Gelatin dry plate process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.000 in
Width: 7.000 in

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