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Photograph of Albin Kasper Longren's fold-wing biplane parked in front of a garage. In less than 30 seconds, four pins could be removed and wings folded back so the plane could be stored in a Model T Ford garage. The composite fuselage was made of a hard vulcanized fiber molded to a streamline form. It weighed 550 pounds with side-by-side seating. The trial test flight took place on August 6, 1921 from Kelsey's potato field located east of the Longren factory at 1401 Winfield in northeast Topeka, Kansas.
Date: 1921
Item Number: 220939
Call Number: TL.500 LON.S .1921 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220939
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Longren
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1920s - 1921
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Longren, Albin K.
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Longren
Type of Material - Photographs
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