Solbrig's First Successful Flight, Davenport, 1914

Solbrig's First Successful Flight, Davenport, 1914

Oscar Solbrig flying his first successful flight, Davenport, 1914.

Photographer: Alfred Husmann. Used with permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.

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