Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No.1 Red Wing

Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No.1 - Red Wing, seen on skids at the time of its first flight a frozen lake. The first of a series of experimental powered aircraft designed and built by the A.E.A. which had been formed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, with J. A. D. McCurdy (a Canadian), Lt.Thomas Selfridge of the US Army, and F. W. Casey Baldwin (not to be confused with Captain Baldwin) and Curtiss as Director of Experiments. The Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) was formally organized on 1 October, 1907, as a time-limited association for the purpose of constructing a practical aerodrome, driven by its own motive power, and carrying a man

Aerodrome Casey Confused Constructing Curtiss Driven Experimental Experiments Formally Formed Frozen Mccurdy Motive No.1 Organized Practical Purpose Selfridge Skids

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