E. M. Laird's 1915 Exhibition Biplane Flying Near the Armory Building, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 12-13, 1916
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Self-taught pilot and engineer Emil Matthew "Matty" Laird built this airplane -- his third -- in 1915. He equipped it with a six-cylinder engine that gave the biplane its nickname: "Boneshaker." Laird flew it in stunt exhibitions across the United States. In 1916, Katherine Stinson took the "Boneshaker" to Japan and China -- where she became the first woman to fly.
Self-taught pilot and engineer Emil Matthew "Matty" Laird built this airplane -- his third -- in 1915. He equipped it with a six-cylinder engine that gave the biplane its nickname: "Boneshaker." Laird flew it in stunt exhibitions across the United States. In 1916, Katherine Stinson took the "Boneshaker" to Japan and China -- where she became the first woman to fly.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
12 May 1916 - 13 May 1916
Keywords
United States, Illinois, Urbana
United States, Illinois, Champaign
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
36.634.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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