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This photograph shows A.E. Hunt's Rotary Aeroplane which was built in Jetmore, Kansas, during 1910. While Hunt's aircraft proved to be unsuitable for powered flight due its significant weight, it was an important step toward the development of the helicopter.
Date: 1910
This photograph helps students understand the unique contributions to airplane design and development in the period before World War I.
KS: 7th: 4.6.A.: significance of the works of entrepreneurial Kansans in the aviation industry
Item Number: 213330
Call Number: TL.500 HUN.A*1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213330
Business and Industry - Aviation - Research and development
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Aviation entrepreneurs (Indicator 6)
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 9: Kansas Progresses into a New Century
Date - 1910s - 1910
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Hunt, A.E.
Places - Cities and towns - Jetmore
Places - Counties - Hodgeman
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Aeronautics
Type of Material - Photographs
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