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The flying carpet makes its first flight
The flying carpet makes its first flight

The flying carpet makes its first flight

Date7/20/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: The flying carpet makes its first flight. This pancake-shaped plane designed by Cheston Eshelman in business suit at right of Propeller; can do 190 miles and is the coming thing according to its designer. Eshelman landed in the Atlantic in 1939 on what he said was a flight to Mars.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberTSPA_0003547F
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The scene of the first flight by man
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n.d.
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