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Heavier than Air: From first flights to commercial aviation

Heavier than Air: From first heavier-than-air manned flights, to a dawn of modern aviation. Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1920
[Charles Lindbergh's airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]
Heavier than Air: From first heavier-than-air manned flights, to a dawn of modern aviation.
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["Hammond" airplane], George Grantham Bain Collection

["Hammond" airplane], George Grantham Bain Collection

Aviator formerly misidentified as Glenn Hammond Curtiss, but this pilot lacks mustache. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Dismantling an aeroplane, during World War I

Dismantling an aeroplane, during World War I

A few soldiers gather round an aeroplane. Three of them are looking at the cockpit, while three others perch near the tail. According to the original caption, these men are dismantling the plane. There are no w... More

An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive in 1918

An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive in 1918

ID Number: E01882 ..Place made: France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Savy ..An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive. A powerful factor in weakening the German thrust across the old ... More

Postmaster General Work and his assistants inspecting the Radio equipment recently installed on aero mail planes

Postmaster General Work and his assistants inspecting the Radio equipm...

Five men with the equipment in front of airplane. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 4, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National ... More

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified men shaking hands at U.S. airplane]

[Unidentified men shaking hands at U.S. airplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marine lieutenant by the power towing plane for the gliders at Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant by the power towing plane for the gliders at Parris ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm of the United States Signal Corps making the world's record flight at Fort Myer, on July 27--The aeroplane made fifty miles at a speed of about forty miles an hour

Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm of the United States Signal Corps m...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Front of Louis Blériot's airplane, showing engine and part of propeller]

[Front of Louis Blériot's airplane, showing engine and part of propell...

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katherine Stinson and her aeroplane

Katherine Stinson and her aeroplane

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane

Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Aerial photographs - Kantner aeroplane

Aerial photographs - Kantner aeroplane

Photograph shows airplane of aviator Harold Dewolf Kantner (1886-1973) during a race above the Hudson River, New York on July 4, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and New York Times, July 5, 1914)

Aerial photographs - [Lawson airplane]

Aerial photographs - [Lawson airplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval airplane, 8/25/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Naval airplane, 8/25/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The Flying Senators," Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, left, and Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut are called the "flying senators" on Capitol Hill because of their frequent use of the airplane to transact government business. This photograph was snapped at Bolling Field Washington, just before the Senators took off for Langley Field, Virginia Senator Bingham is an experienced pilot, having seen service with the Army Air Service during the World War

"The Flying Senators," Senator Frederick Hale of Maine, left, and Sena...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Ford airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Ford airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lydda Airport. Misr airplane refuelling

Lydda Airport. Misr airplane refuelling

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, at Page Field, Parris Isl...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Marine Corps barrage balloons, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Corps barrage balloons, Parris Island, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langley's steam model airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Langley's steam model airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blanche Scott, George Grantham Bain Collection

Blanche Scott, George Grantham Bain Collection

1st woman to drive auto cross country, with friends. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Portrait photo of Harriet Quimby - Bleriot airplane

Portrait photo of Harriet Quimby - Bleriot airplane

Quimby in her Bleriot monoplane. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Cyril's Aero Sled., George Grantham Bain Collection

Cyril's Aero Sled., George Grantham Bain Collection

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Aviation 1911; Sleds; Shelf.

WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. HARRY ATWOOD

WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. HARRY ATWOOD

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First airplane to land in Grand Canyon. Aug. 8, 1922, R. V. Thomas, Pilot. E. L. Kolb, cameraman

First airplane to land in Grand Canyon. Aug. 8, 1922, R. V. Thomas, Pi...

Photograph shows R. V. Thomas and E. L. Kolb (holding camera), posing next to their plane in the Grand Canyon.

Amphibian airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Amphibian airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

[Airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Zerbe aeroplane, on ground - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Zerbe aeroplane, on ground - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph related to architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Louis Blériot with his plane after landing at Dover, 1909]

[Louis Blériot with his plane after landing at Dover, 1909]

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blanche Scott, George Grantham Bain Collection

Blanche Scott, George Grantham Bain Collection

1st woman to drive auto cross country, in airplane. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Capt. Ginocchio's Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Capt. Ginocchio's Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows airplane of Captain Ginocchio, Venice, Italy, probably related to the Water Flight Station of Venice which opened in April, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

ALLIED AIRCRAFT. DEMONSTRATION AT POLO GROUNDS. COL. CHARLES E. LEE, BRITISH AVIATOR, WITH AVRO TRAINING PLANE DESIGNED BY A.V. ROE OF ENGLAND

ALLIED AIRCRAFT. DEMONSTRATION AT POLO GROUNDS. COL. CHARLES E. LEE, B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN.: CURTISS HYDROAEROPLANE OR FLYING BOAT EXHIBITED NEAR HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. BOWMAN; FRANKENFIELD; PEARY; SMITH; FRED KELLY

NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN.: CURTISS HYDROAEROPLANE OR FLYING BO...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Starting aeroplane [airplane] motor

Starting aeroplane [airplane] motor

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Thomas R. Shipp (Aeroplane) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Thomas R. Shipp (Aeroplane) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

aPhotograph shows Thomas R. Shipp and other guests with airplane from Cleveland that delivered ice cream for National Ice Cream Day.

[Charles Lindbergh's airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

[Charles Lindbergh's airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Wilson's first flight. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time president, completes her first airplane flight. She was in the ship piloted by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, who made a dawn-to-dusk flight from New Orleans to New York and return. A stowaway, Miss Marie Reynolds, extreme right, was discovered and treated royally. From the left: Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker, wife of the flier; Mrs. Eugene Meyer, wife of the publisher; Capt. Rickenbacker, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Reynolds, who was carried aloft as she sought an interview with Capt. Rickenbacker for her school paper. 1/16/35

Mrs. Wilson's first flight. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time...

A group of people standing next to an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander annual, November 4, 1936

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander annual, November 4, 1936

Creator: Ian McBain..Location: Queensland, Australia..Description: A two-engined airplane flys over an outback scene where below, stockmen are herding cattle. ..View this page at the State Library of Queenslan... More

[Amelia Earhart in airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Amelia Earhart in airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marine with the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine with the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airplane, aircraft, airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edward Penfield - [Airplane, artillery gun, and soldiers]

Edward Penfield - [Airplane, artillery gun, and soldiers]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Aug. 4, 1917.

Cyril's aero sled - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Cyril's aero sled - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilbur Wright examining canoe attachment to aeroplane before 1st flight over water

Wilbur Wright examining canoe attachment to aeroplane before 1st fligh...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. LOT subdivision subject: Orville and Wilbur Wright aviation activities - Wilbur's flights over New York harbor, 1909. George Grantham Bain Collection (... More

Eugene Ely, d. 1911 - Public domain portrait print

Eugene Ely, d. 1911 - Public domain portrait print

Eugene Ely, head and shoulders, (8 - facing right - right side of face si most visible); wearing aviator's hat and goggles. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Ba... More

R.A.F. men with their pet rabbits at a Squadron near the lines

R.A.F. men with their pet rabbits at a Squadron near the lines

RAF men showing off their pet rabbits, France, during World War I. Lying underneath the fuselage of an aeroplane, these three RAF men parade their pet rabbits for the cameras inspection. Well known for their fo... More

[Pilot standing in front of U.S. Army airplane during World War I]

[Pilot standing in front of U.S. Army airplane during World War I]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Amphibian airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Amphibian airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[U.S. Mail airplane], 8/2/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[U.S. Mail airplane], 8/2/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Chief Signal Officer inspects new radio equipment for talking to Aviators in flight. The new aircraft-radio equipment designed by both the Signal Corps of the War Department permits of both radiotelephone and radiotelegraph communication, sending, receiving, at the same time. The apparatus is used communicating with airplanes in flight. Corporal [...] is demonstrating the outfit to the Chief Signal Officer, Major General George S. Gibbs, this is the first photograph showing him with radio

U.S. Chief Signal Officer inspects new radio equipment for talking to ...

A man and a woman are working on a machine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Children flying a model airplane in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Children flying a model airplane in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Airport Tempelhof in Berlin, Germany 1937

Airport Tempelhof in Berlin, Germany 1937

Flygplatsen Tempelhof i Berlin år 1937..Photograph by: unknown..Date: 1937.Photo Nr: 2068-48.sparvagsmuseet.sl.se ( http://sparvagsmuseet.sl.se )

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Louis Bleriot, 1872-1936 - Public domain portrait print

Louis Bleriot, 1872-1936 - Public domain portrait print

Head, in his monoplane, with another person. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Websters 1872-1936. Caption card tracings:... More

Harmon in aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Harmon in aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Louis Bleriot crossing from Calais to Dover in his monoplane, July 25, 1909[?]

Louis Bleriot crossing from Calais to Dover in his monoplane, July 25,...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Aeroplanes - 1909.

Portrait photo of Harriet Quimby - Bleriot airplane

Portrait photo of Harriet Quimby - Bleriot airplane

In her Bleriot monoplane, 1911. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Connected with 40222.

[Arrival of French pilot Marc Bonnier and mechanic Joseph Barnier in a Nieuport airplane, the first aviators to fly into Jerusalem]

[Arrival of French pilot Marc Bonnier and mechanic Joseph Barnier in a...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Weldon B. Cooke's aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Weldon B. Cooke's aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photo shows airplane of aviator Weldon B. Cooke (1884-1914). (Source: Flickr Commons Project, 2009)

Handley-Pages setting out to bomb the Germans

Handley-Pages setting out to bomb the Germans

Handley-Page bombers on a mission, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph is attributed to Tom Aitken. The photographer had clearly been taken in one of the bombers as this photograph has been shot ... More

CURTISS AIRPLANE TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS; TWIN ENGINE BIPLANE, POTOMAC PARK

CURTISS AIRPLANE TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS; TWIN ENGINE BIPLANE, POTOMA...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

CURTISS AIRPLANE. KIRKHAM TRIPLANE. LANGLEY FIELD

CURTISS AIRPLANE. KIRKHAM TRIPLANE. LANGLEY FIELD

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Charles Lindbergh and group next to airplane]

[Charles Lindbergh and group next to airplane]

A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a plane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Fiel...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., plant in Calif.

Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Paulhan aeroplane taking off, Los Angeles, Calif.

Paulhan aeroplane taking off, Los Angeles, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground...

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the gr...

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground. At Fort Meyer [sic], on Sept. 17, at a height of 75 feet, on a turn, one of the new nine foot propeller blades was broken. The machine... More

Eshault-Pelterie aeroplane, in flight

Eshault-Pelterie aeroplane, in flight

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aeroplane factory - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Aeroplane factory - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. TYPE A PLANE AT FORT MYER

WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPLANE, ETC. TYPE A PLANE AT FORT MYER

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harriet Quimby, George Grantham Bain Collection

Harriet Quimby, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: PI; Women; Shelf.

Attaching bomb to German Aeroplane

Attaching bomb to German Aeroplane

Photograph shows a German soldier attaching a bomb to an airplane during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

CURTISS AIRPLANE. TYPE R. PLANE

CURTISS AIRPLANE. TYPE R. PLANE

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reception of the Alaskan flyers at Washington, D.C. - General Pershing congratulating Capt. Street of the squadron [alongside airplane, as 2 other men watch]

Reception of the Alaskan flyers at Washington, D.C. - General Pershing...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Airplanes 192-; Aviation, Military 192-; BI; Ph. Ind.

Ford airplane in flight, Airphoto by Erickson.

Ford airplane in flight, Airphoto by Erickson.

Photograph shows airplane with "Ford" written on its side flying over town. No. 3545. Airphoto by Erickson.

Louis Bleriot - Public domain portrait print

Louis Bleriot - Public domain portrait print

Blériot starting motor of monoplane X1, July 25, 1909. Public domain photograph of experimental aircraft, prototype, aviation design and development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alberto Santos-Dumont taking his Demoisille monoplane out to the practice grounds for a flight, 1909

Alberto Santos-Dumont taking his Demoisille monoplane out to the pract...

Smallest aeroplane in the world on shelf at the rear of his motor car. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). ONC; www. Captio... More

[Victor Garaix, French aviator in cockpit of plane with dog]

[Victor Garaix, French aviator in cockpit of plane with dog]

"Garaix" on photo. Former title, "Roland Garros," was transcribed from an old caption card that misidentified the man. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

War Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

War Aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Airplane, U.S. Mail 202] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Airplane, U.S. Mail 202] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Aviatrix, Cover of The Queenslander Pictorial, 1936

The Aviatrix, Cover of The Queenslander Pictorial, 1936

Author/Creator: Unidentified...Location: Queensland, Australia...Description: Woman aviator dressed in overalls and goggles taken in the cockpit of an aeroplane for the front cover of The Queenslander Pictoria... More

Billboard advertising fertilizer dusted over the cotton fields by aeroplanes. Mississippi Delta

Billboard advertising fertilizer dusted over the cotton fields by aero...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.R. Kimball & aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

W.R. Kimball & aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Wilbur R. Kimball (d. 1940), aviation pioneer, inventor, airplane builder and pilot who was also the Secretary of the Aeronautic Society of New York. Photograph was taken at the Nassau Boulevard Ae... More

Alfred Stieglitz - The Aeroplane (1910)

Alfred Stieglitz - The Aeroplane (1910)

Print shows biplane in flight. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 36, October 1911, plate VII. Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1864 and di... More

Captured German aeroplane during World War I

Captured German aeroplane during World War I

A captured German aeroplane. It has been strapped onto a trailer. Sitting on the trailer alongside the aeroplane are five soldiers. Directly in front of the aeroplane is a canvas-topped truck. Both are parked o... More

CURTISS AIRPLANE TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS; TWIN ENGINE BIPLANE, POTOMAC PARK

CURTISS AIRPLANE TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS; TWIN ENGINE BIPLANE, POTOMA...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Group at airplane?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Group at airplane?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Charles Lindbergh, wearing helmet with goggles up, in open cockpit of airplane at Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri]

[Charles Lindbergh, wearing helmet with goggles up, in open cockpit of...

J299439 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by John M. Noble. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barrage balloons, Parris Island, S.C.

Barrage balloons, Parris Island, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lind Painter in a "Sommer" - aeroplane

Lind Painter in a "Sommer" - aeroplane

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[E. Lillian Todd standing with her airplane]

[E. Lillian Todd standing with her airplane]

Photoprint copyrighted by George Grantham Bain. This record contains data transcribed from item, and subsequent revisions. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Women Emp... More

Wright aeroplane on starting track

Wright aeroplane on starting track

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. LOT subdivision subject: Orville and Wilbur Wright aviation activities - Miscellaneous, 1908-1917. Portraits, planes, trophies; funeral of Wilbur, 1912... More

[Men examining airplane engine]

[Men examining airplane engine]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

F.L. de Riemsdyk and Glenn Curtiss standing by aeroplane

F.L. de Riemsdyk and Glenn Curtiss standing by aeroplane

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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