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On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 21:04:26 +0200, DAN <dan@no.spam.thanks> wrote:
>Talking about safety, let's hope there will be no need for emergency evacuation:
>it looks like they tied a string or a raffia around her legs to keep her
>petticoats in check.
>
That is Katharine Wright (sister), Orville and Wilbur Wright at Pau,
France in February of 1909. I suspect the twine was simply to keep
her coat closed so she would remain warm.
Here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/08/first-flight-with-the-wright-brothers/100796/
picture #17
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