Considering the typical construction of light aircraft at the time, I'm surprised he didn't incinerate his transportation! A pretty gutsy experiment. Bill Gregory Fraser wrote: > > Since we've had several shots of Rochester in the gallery lately, I thought I'd share this link: > > "George W. Goddard pioneered the development of nighttime reconnaissance photography. One night in 1925, he stunned Rochester, N.Y., by igniting an 80-pound flash powder bomb to light up the whole city. The result was the first aerial night photograph. Pictured here is one of his first attempts at recording an aerial view of Rochester at night. > Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center." > > http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/lae/images/LE281L18.jpg > > Greg Fraser
