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Santos-Dumont 15 / 17

Страна: Франция

Год: 1907

Santos-Dumont - 14bis - 1906 - Франция<– –>Santos-Dumont - Demoiselle - 1907 - Франция


L.Opdyke French Aeroplanes Before the Great War (Schiffer)


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L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
Santos-Dumont (L) working on his No 15 with plywood sheet surfaces and precariously-positioned 50 hp Antoinette.
L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
Another view of No 15. Note the 2 thin outriggers supporting the tail.
L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
The twin 6 hp engines on the Santos-Dumont No 16.
L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
There are not many photos of Santos-Dumont's No 17 - it may not even have been finished. Here Santos-Dumont stands against the tail outriggers and the 100 hp Antoinette; the sheet plywood wings go up and off to the right, with one rectangular strut frame showing at the right.
L.Opdyke - French Aeroplanes Before the Great War /Schiffer/
Santos-Dumont aboard his hydroplane, No 18.