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This object is on display in Early Flight at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Early Flight

Object Details

Date

ca. 1891

Country of Origin

Australia

Type

MODELS-Aircraft

Physical Description

Experimental ornithopter built by Australian aeronautical experimenter Lawrence Hargrave with central steel tube air tank mounting rectangular, braced wing, and compressed air motor at front driving two flapping wings for propulsion.

Dimensions

3-D: 2 m 10.8cm × 27.9cm, 1.626m (6 ft. 11 in. × 11 in. × 5 ft. 4 in.)
Deinstall updated dimensions: 4' 1" L x 3' Wing Sapn x 12" H

Materials

Wood
Fabric
Steel
Copper alloy
Metal alloy
Steel wires

Inventory Number

A19060002000

Credit Line

Transferred from the Field Museum of Natural History

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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