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More ›The first Sommer airplane constructed in 1908 operates with a chain-driven propeller in France. This archival image captures the early biplane in flight, illustrating pioneering aircraft mechanics and the development of French aviation before World War I.
Author: piemags
piemags
Photo size: 49.1 Mpixels (140 MB uncompressed) - 8178x5998 pixels (27.3x20 in / 69.2x50.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 1908, Aircraft, Airplane, Airplanes -- Biplanes, Archival, Aviation history France, Aviation pioneer photograph, Biplane, Chain-driven propeller plane, Early 20th century flight tests, Early aviation mechanics, Early French biplane flight, France, France aviation history, France experimental aviation, French experimental aircraft, Monochrome biplane photo, Open cockpit aircraft, piemags, Pre-WWI aviation experiment, Pre-WWI flight France, Propeller, Royal procession Paris 1910, Sommer, Sommer 1908 airplane, Sommer aircraft, Verdun 1916, Western Front trench photograph, WW1 reconnaissance aircraft
Published in: French Aviation Pioneers 1908–1932