Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Working on the Kettering Bug, 1918
THF270430 / Employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Working on the Kettering Bug, 1918
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Artifact Overview
Delco founder Charles Kettering designed the Kettering Bug for the U.S. Army during World War I. Powered by a four-cylinder engine, the Bug used a gyroscope and a system of electric and pneumatic controls to automatically fly a payload of explosives to a remote target. Unreliable in tests, the Bug was never used in combat.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1918
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.189.63701
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11.25 in
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