Royalty Free Thomas Moy'S Aerial Steamer - Flying Machine premium stock clip art

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Vintage engraving of an early type of airplane Thomas Moy's Aerial Steamer. Tandem-wing monoplane "Aerial Steamer" was a machine of considerable size, having twin propellers each of six-foot diameter and a wing span of 15 feet. It was powered by a steam engine, and when tested at Crystal Palace in London, England, during June of 1875, it managed to get up to 12 m.p.h. while running on a track. [b]View More:[/b] [url=http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&lightboxID=2789749][img]http://www.walker1890.co.uk/istock/istock-engraving.jpg[/img][/url]