Fuselage of the De Havilland DH-4 showing the interior with various components visible at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

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Fuselage of the De Havilland DH-4 showing the interior with various components visible at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company

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dc.contributor.author The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Dayton, Ohio; Montgomery County; United States en_US
dc.coverage.temporal 1918 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-11-30T22:20:10Z en_US
dc.date.available 2007-11-30T22:20:10Z en_US
dc.date.created ca. 1918 en_US
dc.date.issued ca. 1918 en_US
dc.identifier.other ms152_086 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.WSU/92 en_US
dc.description The photograph shows the fuselage of the De Havilland DH-4 set up on pallets at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. At the right side of the fuselage is the engine mount where the Liberty Engine will be attached. Moving left is the first cockpit where the pilot will sit. At the pilot's cockpit a flare gun is visible on the wall, the control stick used to direct the airplane is in the center, the wheel is the pitch control in the front cockpit which is used to actuate a vertical jack screw at the rear stabilizer spar connected by a cable loop. Beside the flare gun is the fuel control valve. Above the fuel control valve is the throttle and at the very top is the air pressure pump. The pilot's seat belt is hanging on the side of the fuselage. Further left on the fuselage is the second cockpit with a control stick and the seat. Hanging on the wall is the bombsites. In the background is an employee of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company helping to hold a backdrop cloth. The photograph is taken outside on a railroad loading dock and a railroad boxcar is visible. The title of the photograph is "Dayton Wright Airplane" and is labeled 39. en_US
dc.language Eng en_US
dc.publisher Digital Services Department, Wright State University Libraries en_US
dc.relation.ispartof The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company en_US
dc.rights.uri http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special en_US
dc.subject Airplanes--Parts en_US
dc.subject Airplane factories en_US
dc.subject De Havilland DH-4 en_US
dc.subject Military weapons en_US
dc.subject World War, 1914-1918 en_US
dc.subject Male aircraft industry employees en_US
dc.subject Aircraft industry--Employees en_US
dc.subject Aircraft industry en_US
dc.subject Liberty Engine en_US
dc.subject Railroad cars en_US
dc.title Fuselage of the De Havilland DH-4 showing the interior with various components visible at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company en_US
dc.type 8x10 Glass plate negative en_US
dc.equipment.digitizing Epson Expression 10000 XL en_US
dc.relation.hasformat Photographic Negative en_US
dc.permissions World en_US
dc.publisher.OLinstitution Wright State University
dc.publisher.OLrepository Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University Libraries

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