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Radial engine and propeller

Duplicate of the radial motor and propeller destroyed when Billy Robinson crashed. This motor was built by the Dodge Tool company, a Grinnell enterprise headed by W. S. Dodge, following Robinson's plans and drawings. It is currently on display at the…

Billy Robinson taxing biplane on grass strip

Biplane piloted by Billy Robinson on grass strip. Wing structure includes a shorter middle tier. Wheel base is attached to skids.

Billy Robinson in seat of biplane

Billy Robinson in pilot's seat of his single engine biplane. Unknown man in suit is alongside airplane with hat blowing away.

Billy Robinson with children and airplane

Billy Robinson with children in front of airplane.

Billy Robinson with Canadian school children and biplane

Billy Robinson in Montreal, Canada, with a biplane built by the National Airplane Co. and Canadian school children. (Description taken from Grinnell Then and Now published by the Grinnell Herald-Register)

Above Chatham

Billy Robinson making a cross country flight in his biplane. Photo taken in Canada.

Billy Robinson in biplane

Billy Robinson piloting biplane while other men refuel. Location: Lachine, Canada on October 8, 1913. Wheel base of airplane is on skids. Fuel cans nearby.

Airplane in field with burning haystack

Man in white clothing is Mac Crutchfield. They are burning the haystack to remove it from the airfield.

Billy Robinson's monoplane, sideview

Side view of Billy Robinson's monoplane. Tail has "The Grinnell Aeroplane Company Iowa" written on it.

Billy Robinson with Mac Crutchfield

Billy Robinson, early Grinnell (Iowa) aviator in center of photograph. Mac Crutchfield at right. Person at left is unknown

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