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More ›A Sommer biplane flies in 1909 with a pilot maneuvering over a French field. The press photograph captures the aircraft’s double wings, struts, and tail configuration during early French aviation experiments, illustrating technological progress in pre-WWI flight development.
Author: piemags
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Photo size: 51.6 Mpixels (148 MB uncompressed) - 8424x6122 pixels (28.1x20.4 in / 71.3x51.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 1909, 1909 French flight, Aeronautics history, Aircraft, Airfield, Airplane, Archival French biplane 1909, Aviation, Aviation experiment France, Aviation history France 1909, Biplane, Biplanes -- France, Early aircraft design, Early European aviation images, Early French aviation 1909, Europe, Flight demonstration Europe, France, French pilot biplane experiment, Historic biplane photograph France, piemags, Pilot, Pilots (aeronautics) -- France, Pioneer aircraft demonstration 1909, Pre-WWI flight photograph, Propeller, Sommer, Sommer aircraft maneuver, Sommer biplane flight France, Struts, Tailplane
Published in: French Aviation Pioneers 1908–1932