Pennington's airship, 1891. Artist: Unknown
Sujet

Pennington's airship, 1891. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Pennington's airship, 1891. Edward Joel Pennington (1858-1911) was an American inventor and entrepreneur who gained a reputation for making grandiose and spurious claims for his inventions and business schemes. He claimed that this airship, powered by a gas engine driving a large four-bladed propeller, could carry 40 passengers at speeds of up to 250 miles per hour. In reality, only a 30 foot long electrically powered model was ever built, exhibited in Chicago and flown tethered in a circle at a speed of just 6 miles per hour.

Date

1978

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives

Notre référence

HRM19D70_129

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (1,8Mo) / 48,7cm x 25,7cm / 5755 x 3037 (300dpi)

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