Tetrahedral Kites (Alexander Graham Bell)

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/b9pyft

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/b9pyft/1908_alexander_graham_bell_and_crew_flying_a/

Alexander Graham Bell Goes and Flies a Kite—for Science

After patenting the telephone, the famous inventor turned his attention to giant tetrahedral kites capable of lifting people into the air

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[airman]

The first flying saucer of 20° century !

 

[publiusr]

Ion wind might make that live again.
Traditionally you want to keep surface area low—but for solar power….hmmm—-a flying rectenna?