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Oldest Aircraft Photo

Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson

Charter Member
Photograph courtesy Smithsonian Institution

Aeronaut John Steiner inflates his hot air balloon at Erie, Pennsylvania, as seen in the oldest known photograph of an aircraft, a quarter-plate ambrotype taken in June 1857.

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Great photo. When I first viewed the picture,....I see this large, circular 'blob'....thinking it was accidental discoloration drops of some chemical or solution. I'm looking for a two winged ol' crate something the Wright Bros. would have put together. Boy,...was I wrong. :^)
 
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