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With Wings as Eagles - From Fantasie to Flight

(1874) Using Kites as Propelling Power (article in Manufacturer and Builder)
(1878) The Parakite, a New Aeronautical Contrivance (article in Manufacturer and Builder)
(1896) Composite of four photographs of gliders
(1897) Lamson's Air Ship Kite ascending with passenger (photograph)
(1897) Experiments with Kites (article from The Century)
(nd) Octave Chanute flying biplane glider (photographic print)
(nd) Glider multiplane model by Octave Chanute (photographic print)
(1901-1911) Drawings by Alexander Graham Bell (multiple drawings of kites and other flying devices)
(1901) Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from July 19, 1901 to August 31, 1901 (Bell writes about kite experiments and includes photos of Helen Keller flying kites)
(1901-1902) Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from November 7, 1901 to April 29, 1902 (Bell’s notes on ancient flight; kite research and photos)
(1903) Upon the Tetrahedral Principle in Kite Construction (article by Alexander Graham Bell)
(1904) Patent (Alexander Graham Bell’s patent for an aerial vehicle)
(1906) Article by Augustus Goss, April 1906 (article about Bell’s kite flying)
(1907) Tetrahedral kite "Codger" flown from an automobile (photograph)
(1907) Alexander Graham Bell and others at kite house with tetrahedral kite "Cygnet I" (photograph)
(1907) Notes by Alexander Graham Bell, December 9, 1907 (Bell writes about the flight of the Cygnet)
(1908) Photographs of two men holding a kite
(1908) Alexander Graham Bell and his assistants observing the progress of one of his tetrahedral kites (photograph)
(1910 photo) 5 Perkins kites holding up a man at the Harvard Aviation Field (photograph)
(1911-1920) British army war kite (photographic print)
(1944) Glider used to carry utility and service units (photograph)

Last Updated: 02/14/2011