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Driggs-Johnson DJ-1 Bumblebee Profile and Enclosed Cabin (1924)

A side profile view of the Driggs-Johnson DJ-1 Bumblebee showing its knife-edge fuselage, enclosed cabin enclosure, and spinning propeller.
Driggs-Johnson DJ-1 Bumblebee Profile and Enclosed Cabin (1924) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A clean profile study of the 1924 Driggs-Johnson DJ-1 Bumblebee, highlighting its streamlined, slab-sided fuselage tapering to a sharp knife-edge tail. The photograph details the pioneering enclosed celluloid cockpit canopy and wire-spoke wheels with disc covers. Hall preserved these technical reference images to study structural minimalism and induced-drag reduction across single-seat sporting airframes.