Biplane designed to carry "pusher gun"
Grab
Description
Machine gun-carrying biplane on shore of Lake Saint Clair. Handwritten on stock back: "Ready for its tests on the ice of Lake St. Clair. Dan McGee was to pilot this test and on the first flight he lost his head and landed it in the water instead of the ice wrecking the machine completely Jan. 1917. From the Corwin Van Husan scrapbook."
Details
- Resource ID:
- DPA1768
- Subject:
- Airplanes, Military--Armament--Michigan--Saint Clair County
- Machine guns--Michigan--Saint Clair County
- Saint Clair, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)
- Antique and classic aircraft--Michigan--Saint Clair County
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1917-01
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 8 x 10.25 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Airplanes
- Content Note:
- Another view in DPA1767 and DPA1769
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.