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- "Herring in Chanute Biplane," 1896 - Augustus Herring experimented with gliders and powered aircraft, both on his own and in cooperation with Octave Chanute. This photo was taken in 1896 as Herring piloted a Chanute-designed glider at Miller Beach on Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline. Herring later claimed to have made a short, powered flight using a compressed-air engine at St. Joseph, Michigan, in 1898.
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"Herring in Chanute Biplane," 1896
Augustus Herring experimented with gliders and powered aircraft, both on his own and in cooperation with Octave Chanute. This photo was taken in 1896 as Herring piloted a Chanute-designed glider at Miller Beach on Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline. Herring later claimed to have made a short, powered flight using a compressed-air engine at St. Joseph, Michigan, in 1898.