Good_Human_1 It must have been quite exciting at those days to fly a drone with the help of permanent way (rails) Indeed it is now exciting too.. with less efforts 🙂
Im_A_Realist I’m pretty sure they have one of these, or a replica of one, in the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, OH.
unnamedharald2 This is the WW1 Kettering Bug Flying Bomb at the National Museum of the USAF. https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_800/MTc0MjA4NDIxNjI3NzAxMTE2/world-war-1-history-the-kettering-bug-worlds-first-flying-bomb.webp
XavierLCT Not quite a drone, but still fascinating, and in 1848… “In 1848 Stringfellow achieved the first powered flight using an unmanned 10 ft wingspan steam-powered monoplane built in a disused lace factory in Chard, Somerset [UK]” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stringfellow
Good_Human_1
It must have been quite exciting at those days to fly a drone with the help of permanent way (rails)
Indeed it is now exciting too.. with less efforts 🙂
Im_A_Realist
I’m pretty sure they have one of these, or a replica of one, in the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, OH.
unnamedharald2
This is the WW1 Kettering Bug Flying Bomb at the National Museum of the USAF.
https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_800/MTc0MjA4NDIxNjI3NzAxMTE2/world-war-1-history-the-kettering-bug-worlds-first-flying-bomb.webp
XavierLCT
Not quite a drone, but still fascinating, and in 1848…
“In 1848 Stringfellow achieved the first powered flight using an unmanned 10 ft wingspan steam-powered monoplane built in a disused lace factory in Chard, Somerset [UK]”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stringfellow