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Home-Built Airplane in the Attic
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Russell Schuetze of Waukesha with his home built airplane, a single seat Irwin. Schuetze built the airplane (or perhaps some of the airplane) in his father's attic. The original motorcycle engine seen here proved insufficiently powerful, and it was replaced.
1928
O'Brien, Warren S., Waukesha, Wisconsin
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