Smithsonian Report, 1954. — Loening 



Plate 7 



1. The early Wright Model A (1S09), with engine to the side of the pilot, and vertica 



radiator. 



2. An early French nino\-atiun that marked the start of an era, the Astra tractor of 1911, 

 with Wright biplane wings on a covered fuselage, and Renault tractor engine and 

 propeller. 



