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|Event names=Sixth Annual Official Show of the Automobile Club of America; Sixth Annual Automobile Show | |Event names=Sixth Annual Official Show of the Automobile Club of America; Sixth Annual Automobile Show | ||
|Event type=exhibition | |Event type=exhibition | ||
|Country=US | |Country=US | ||
| + | |Locations=New York City | ||
|Start date=January 14, 1906 | |Start date=January 14, 1906 | ||
|Tech focus=LTA; balloon; instrument; kite; glider | |Tech focus=LTA; balloon; instrument; kite; glider | ||
| + | |Number of days=8 | ||
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| − | The '''Sixth Annual Official Show of the Automobile Club of America''' was held in 1906, after the Automobile Club of America had spun off the [[Aero Club of America ( | + | The '''Sixth Annual Official Show of the Automobile Club of America''' was held in 1906, after the [[Automobile Club of America]] had spun off the [[Aero Club of America (1905–1910)|Aero Club of America]]. |
| − | On display were:<ref>Bill Robie, ''For The Greatest Achievement: A History of the Aero Club of America and the National Aeronautic Association''; Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 1993; pp. | + | On display were:<ref>Bill Robie, ''[[Robie, 1993|For The Greatest Achievement: A History of the Aero Club of America and the National Aeronautic Association]]''; Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 1993; pp. [https://archive.org/details/forgreatestachie00robi/page/10/mode/2up?view=theater 11]–13.</ref> |
* A new balloon called ''Aero Club No. 1'' created by [[Leo Stevens]] | * A new balloon called ''Aero Club No. 1'' created by [[Leo Stevens]] | ||
* Another Stevens balloon, ''No. 3''. | * Another Stevens balloon, ''No. 3''. | ||
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* An [[Otto Lilienthal]] glider | * An [[Otto Lilienthal]] glider | ||
* Samuel P. Langley's ''[[Aerodrome]]'' | * Samuel P. Langley's ''[[Aerodrome]]'' | ||
| − | * Engine parts from the [[Wright Brothers]] aircraft (attendees were skeptical of their claim of having already accomplished | + | * Engine parts from the [[Wright Brothers]] aircraft (attendees were skeptical of their claim of having already accomplished heavier-than-air flight) |
| + | Seemingly followed by by [[Third Annual Exhibition of the Aero Club of America, 1907]] – and perhaps therefore construable as the second annual exhibition of the Aero Club of America – when was the first? | ||
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=== References === | === References === | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
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| + | ==== Sources ==== | ||
| + | * ''[[Scientific American]]'' 94:4 (Jan. 27, 1906), 93-94 | ||
| + | * (described further in Brockett pub #130 aka pub #1640). google for "sixth annual automobile show new york city 1906" for more | ||
Latest revision as of 00:22, 7 February 2024
| Event names | Sixth Annual Official Show of the Automobile Club of America, Sixth Annual Automobile Show |
|---|---|
| Event type | exhibition |
| Country | US |
| Locations | New York City |
| Start date | January 14, 1906 |
| Number of days | 8 |
| Tech focus | LTA, Balloon, Instrument, Kite, Glider |
| Participants |
The Sixth Annual Official Show of the Automobile Club of America was held in 1906, after the Automobile Club of America had spun off the Aero Club of America.
On display were:[1]
- A new balloon called Aero Club No. 1 created by Leo Stevens
- Another Stevens balloon, No. 3.
- L'Allouette, brought by Charles Levee
- An unmanned balloon intended to carry instruments for scientific purposes
- Oinos, a 408-cell tetrahedral balloon created by Alexander Graham Bell (who attended and gave a lecture)
- The bodies, with uninflated balloons, of Thomas S. Baldwin's California Arrow and Alberto Santos-Dumont's No. 9.
- An Otto Lilienthal glider
- Samuel P. Langley's Aerodrome
- Engine parts from the Wright Brothers aircraft (attendees were skeptical of their claim of having already accomplished heavier-than-air flight)
Seemingly followed by by Third Annual Exhibition of the Aero Club of America, 1907 – and perhaps therefore construable as the second annual exhibition of the Aero Club of America – when was the first?
References
- ↑ Bill Robie, For The Greatest Achievement: A History of the Aero Club of America and the National Aeronautic Association; Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 1993; pp. 11–13.
Sources
- Scientific American 94:4 (Jan. 27, 1906), 93-94
- (described further in Brockett pub #130 aka pub #1640). google for "sixth annual automobile show new york city 1906" for more
