- From The Collection Of
- Ingenium
- Accession Number
- 2015.0592
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Classification
- Aviation, Aircraft parts
- Artist / Manufacturer
- American Propeller & Mfg. Co., American Propeller (manufacturer)
- Date
- 1911 (creation date)
- 2015 (collection date)
- Place
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America (creation)
- Brand / Model
- Blériot XI (model)
- Description
- Section of a Blériot XI wooden propeller.
Small wooden section of a propeller. The two flat ends of the propeller is made from unfinished wood. The rest of the wooden propeller section presumably has a layer of varnish. The main surface of the propeller has a small piece of tape with handwritting as well as a manufacturer's logo.
Handwritten on a piece of tape stuck onto the propeller part: " 1911 BLERIOT /. AEROPLANE /. PROPELLER SECTION " On the propeller: " AMERICAN PROPELLER & MFG, CO. /. TRADE MARK /. PARAGON /. BALTIME MARYLAND, U.S.A. "
Appears complete. - History of Use
- Highlighting the internal structure of a wooden airplane propeller.
- Narrative
- The Blériot type XI was designed primarily by Raymond Saulnier, but it was a natural evolution from earlier Blériot aircraft, and one to which Louis Blériot himself made substantial contributions. Blériot achieved immortality in the Type XI on July 25, 1909, when he made the first airplane crossing of the English Channel, covering the 40 km between Calais and Dover in 36 minutes and 30 seconds. It is worth noting that several French-made Blériot XIs flew on Canadian soil before 1914.
This section of a propeller does not hold much technical significance. This being said, it is representative of a small section of a typical pre-1914 wooden propeller. - See Elsewhere
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