1919 Cover Portable Hangar Airplane World War I M Gabriel Voisin Airdrome SCA3 TM5 This is an original 1926

This is an original 1926 halftone print of the terraces over the vale of Uffington's White Horse Hill

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1919 Cover Portable Hangar Airplane World War I M Gabriel Voisin Airdrome SCA3 TM5 This is an original 1926Please note that this is a cover only. This is an original 1919 two color cover for Scientific American depicting inflatable airplane hangars used during World War I. During trench warfare, regular airdromes were used, but once the war switched to open fighting with the armies on the march, the need for portable hangars became imminent. M. Gabriel Voisin, a well known airplane constructor, came up with the idea of the inflatable shelters. Please note