Pilot Howard Rinehart Standing on Wing of the Dayton Wright RB-1 Racer, August 1920
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Howard Rinehart demonstrated the strength of the single cantilevered wing on his Dayton-Wright RB-1. Designed by Rinehart and Milton Baumann, the innovative airplane also featured movable wing flaps, retractable landing gear, and an enclosed cockpit. Rinehart hoped to win the 1920 Gordon Bennett Air Race flying the RB-1, but a failed control cable forced him out of the competition.
Howard Rinehart demonstrated the strength of the single cantilevered wing on his Dayton-Wright RB-1. Designed by Rinehart and Milton Baumann, the innovative airplane also featured movable wing flaps, retractable landing gear, and an enclosed cockpit. Rinehart hoped to win the 1920 Gordon Bennett Air Race flying the RB-1, but a failed control cable forced him out of the competition.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 August 1920
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.225
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.625 in
Width: 5.5 in
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