Black painted steel cylinder, from Replica 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft

PART OF:
Replica, 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft and six removed components
Made:
1948 in Hatfield
maker:
The de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School

Black painted steel cylinder, with handle at one end, and cone shape at the other end, to which a rubber hose is attached, along with a brass pipe and painted steel valve, from the Replica, of the 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’ aircraft, by The de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1948. The actual 1903 ‘Wright Flyer’: - designed and built by the Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur, achieved the world’s first successful heavier-than-air powered flight, on 17th December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.

Details

Category:
Aeronautics
Object Number:
1948-268/5
Materials:
steel (metal), paint and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
type:
component - object
credit:
The de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School