While doing some research on the offspring of Maynard Dixon and his spouse, Dorothea Lange .. those being
Daniel Rhodes Dixon and John Eaglefeather Dixon ... I ran into some fotos of privately-owned ... circa 1912
aerocraft that flew at Cicero Field in Illinois. Being that my city .. Fairborn .. is separated from Wright Patterson
Air Force Base AND Huffman Prairie (utilized by the Wrights 1904-1916) ... by the thickness of a chain-link fence
... it is natural for this typist and former-wingwalker to have a fascination with early, heavier-than-air flight.
I am posting a few of these early aerocraft .. with the hopes that the reader might reflect on motorcycle / bicycle
design circa 1912 in comparison AND contrast with aeroplanes of the day.
Look ... right now .. I have activated the 'whisper mode' on this keyboard. I do like to brag ... but bragging is
rarely in good form. We all know this. Forgive me .. just this once ---- Everytime I peep my 1912 Flying Merkel
Bicycle .. I can never get rid of "Aeroplane Visions 1912" ... and my mind begins to tingle ... I start to sense far-
away gasoline-engine exhaust notes around me .. and can smell oily-exhaust in the air. And as I went to open
foto number 5 ... I heard a bell ring.
................. patric
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O-kay - O-kay .... I lied about being a former-wingwalker ......
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