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Flying with postcards around 1900 |
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 Wright's flying airplane |
Aviation and postcards were born in the same generation. Therefore, aviation shows many interesting postcards of the flying attempts. The main steps of Flying Conquest are shown on postcards: secret engines of the first airplanes are sometimes explained: |
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Wonders of Wright's airplane and its launching pylon. A counterweight is linked by cable and pulley system to the front of airplane. When the counterweight is dropped from the pylon, the airplane is pulled on its launching track. |
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10 October 1908 near Le Mans in a military camp, Wilbur Wright explains the launching mechanism to Mr. Painlevé from the Science Academy before take off. |
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Official History did not retain the names of all these pilots, but their names will remain on postcards. The count of Puiseux in Normandy for instance and his flying bicycle: |
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 The Flying Bicycle of the count of Puiseux. Ouistreham (Calvados) |
Four tubes are welded to the bicycle's frame to support a 5m long flying body made of bamboo. At the front, the 1m10 diameter propeller Two wings made of bamboo and Continental canvas are also fixed to the main body. |
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The wings are linked to the main body with steel wires and the propeller is operated by the pedals with the wheel rim transformed in pulley system. Total weight of the flying machine is around 33kg. And even for Aces of Aviation like Rigal shown hereafter, the flying adventure could sometimes finish in the rough... |
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 Aerodrome of Dijon 24 September 1910 |
At 9:45, Rigal took off for a round fly above the runway and suddenly fell down and broke his airplane while attempting to land. Remaining fragments are shown with the manager at the center, checking the extent of damages It has to be noted that this postcard relating an event occurred on Set 24 was stamped and mailed on Sept. 26: this proves that the process for edition was fast and efficient. |
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27 July 2001 |
