Julius Neubronner with pigeon and camera, 1914. Neubronner patented in 1908 a “Method of and Means for Taking Photographs of Landscapes from Above”, using pigeons and small…
Pigeons Bred with Camouflage, 1941 Camouflaged pigeons, with a mottled plumage to make them almost invisible to the enemy, were bred in Ontario, during WWII, by Ray R….
1908 Aerial panoramic photography of Schlosshotel Kronberg captured by camera-equipped Pigeon, Julius Neubronner, 1908. In 1907 Neubronner applied for a patent on his invention, only to have it…
Pigeons with cameras for aerial photography, n. d. This Panoramic Camera was created by Julius Neubronner in 1903 or later (?). In 1908, Neubronner patented his invention,…
1967 OSI Silver Fox Prototype (OSI goes for Officina Stampaggio Industriale SpA, an Italian car manufacturer founded in 1960). The Silver Fox featured a 1.0 litre Renault Alpine…
01 Nov 1947, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA Howard Hughes makes preparations for the historic flight of the Spruce Goose. Designed to be used during World War…
Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the “Spruce Goose”) at Long Beach, California 1947. This plane, the largest flying boat ever built and with the largest wingspan of…
1943 – Photo from a camouflage class at New York University, where men and women make models from aerial photographs and devise a camouflage scheme for a defense…