Sujet
Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon", 1933. Creator: Bowlus-Dupont Sailplane Company.
Légende
Monoplane glider with strut-braced, gull-type wing mounted high on monocoque fuselage; wooden construction with steel and aluminum fittings and controls; fuselage and wing leading edge covered with mahogany plywood. In 1933, du Pont teamed with Hawley Bowlus and the two men set up shop in San Fernando, California, to build gliders. Their most successful competition sailplane was the Senior Albatross. The Bowlus shop built four and Warren Eaton bought the third in May 1934. He named the sailplane "Falcon" and flew it often including over the Blue Ridge Mountains from an airfield at Big Meadows, VA, in 1934.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM21A88_003
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
268,7Mo (7,2Mo) / 97,6cm x 69,0cm / 11530 x 8147 (300dpi)