A group of men tuning up a bi-wing propeller plane in preparation for the first powered flight over Fort Worth
- Title
- A group of men tuning up a bi-wing propeller plane in preparation for the first powered flight over Fort Worth
- Institution
- UTA
- Link
- https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/10019392
- Description
- A group of men tuning up a bi-wing propeller plane in preparation for the first powered flight over Fort Worth, which landed at the Fort Worth Driving Park racetrack near, what is today, Carroll and West 7th Streets. The plane was flown by French pilot Roland Garros.
- Date
- 1911-01-12
- Decade
- 1910s
- Subjects
- Garros, Roland, 1888-1918
- Pilots
- Aircraft
- Airplanes
- Fort Worth Driving Park
- Racetracks
- Source
- AR406-6-58-3 [glass plate copy negative]
- Type
- Still Image
- Formats
- Negatives
- Black & White
- Copy of Original Image
- Rights
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