Photo of "Silver Wings," a Cessna monoplane in flight. The "Silver Wings" was completed by May 1911 and was based on the Bleriot monoplane designed by French aviator and inventor Louis Bleriot.
Date: 1911
This photograph, which shows one of Clyde Cessna's first airplanes, can be used in conjunction with other materials on Cessna to give students an idea as to how his designs evolved over time.
KS: 7th: 4.6.A.: significance of the work of entrepreneurial Kansans in the aviation industry
Item Number: 210706
Call Number: TL.500 Ces.A Com. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210706
Business and Industry - Aviation
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Aviators
Collections - Photograph - Cessna, Clyde
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Aviation entrepreneurs (Indicator 6) - Clyde Cessna
Date - 1910s - 1911
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Cessna,Clyde,1879-1954
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870-1920
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Cessna
Type of Material - Photographs
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