June 9, 2012

Collection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection

Collection Number: 2674

Post Type: Article

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Artist or Author: Eric Lucas

Creation Year: 2003

Summay:

This article by Eric Lucas was commissioned for the air magazine, Alaska Airlines in July 2003. It is for the centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers flight, from Kitty Hawk to Space. It is important to note that aviationists
experimented in tethered flight then gliders to get to engine flight.

Geographic: United States

Kite Type: BoxCellular

Materials: Cotton, Dowel

Significance: Historical, Scientific

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