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Grahame White's Nieuport monoplane

Grahame White's Nieuport monoplane

Photo shows English aviator Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Army Aeroplane, San Antonio - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Army Aeroplane, San Antonio - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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

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

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

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

Swimming. Aeroplane swimming, Pittsburgh, Feb. 16, 1910

Swimming. Aeroplane swimming, Pittsburgh, Feb. 16, 1910

Photograph shows a woman standing on a railing, holding a bi-plane wing structure on her shoulders, possibly above a swimming pool; a man wearing shirt labeled "Sixth Wa[...]" is standing behind her, providing ... More

G.M. Heckscher's Curtiss Flying Boat

G.M. Heckscher's Curtiss Flying Boat

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

[Close-up view of airplane, including the pilot and passenger seats]

[Close-up view of airplane, including the pilot and passenger seats]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to General Grant

Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to General Grant

Photo shows aviator James J. Ward in New York at the start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight, shaking hands with Major General Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New... More

Latham flying over the Golden Gate

Latham flying over the Golden Gate

J151342 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Pacific Photo & Art Co., S.F.

PECK, PAUL. COMMERCIAL AVIATOR. IN CURTISS TYPE PLANE; COLLEGE PARK

PECK, PAUL. COMMERCIAL AVIATOR. IN CURTISS TYPE PLANE; COLLEGE PARK

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

[Airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[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.

[Woman and man next to airplane]

[Woman and man next to airplane]

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

Harry Bingham Brown, George Grantham Bain Collection

Harry Bingham Brown, George Grantham Bain Collection

Full, seated in airplane, (4 - facing left - left side of face is most visible) - with passenger Isabel Patterson of Vancouver after breaking an American altitude record (5,300 feet). At Staten Island, N.Y. Tit... More

Porte & Hallett on "America" - Public domain portrait photograph

Porte & Hallett on "America" - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows aviators John Cyril Porte and George E.A. Hallett at the launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project... More

Naming "America" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Naming "America" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the christening and launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. Aviator John Cyril Porte is using a sledgehammer to smash the champa... More

Brought down German aeroplane, Flanders

Brought down German aeroplane, Flanders

A badly damaged German biplane. Although it has been 'brought down', it appears that the pilot has managed to land the plane safely despite the damage. There is no sign of a pilot, however, in this photograph..... More

Cheery pilot and observer with their mascot pup ready for a flight over the German lines

Cheery pilot and observer with their mascot pup ready for a flight ove...

Pilot and observer inside the cockpit of a two-man biplane, in France, during World War I. Holding up the regimental mascot of a pet dog and with big smiles on their faces, a pilot and an observer are pictured ... More

Kantner after finish - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Kantner after finish - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Kantner aeroplane, George Grantham Bain Collection

Kantner aeroplane, George Grantham Bain Collection

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) Tit... More

Art Smith and his aeroplane on the aviation field, Panama-Pacific Int. Exposition, San Francisco, Calif.

Art Smith and his aeroplane on the aviation field, Panama-Pacific Int....

J204178 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; BI; Airplanes 1915; Exhibitions 1915;... More

Nur noch kurze Zeit. Deutsche Luftkriegsbeute Ausstellung ... / Max Mandl.

Nur noch kurze Zeit. Deutsche Luftkriegsbeute Ausstellung ... / Max Ma...

Poster shows a black eagle diving after a bullet-ridden, badly damaged British biplane which is plunging to earth. Text announces, under the title, Now for a short time only, an exhibition of spoils from the ai... More

War exhibit -- N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

War exhibit -- N.Y. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows a Curtiss biplane at an exhibit by the National Security League which was part of the "Peace and Preparation Conference" held at the Hotel Astor in New York City in June 1915. (Source: Flickr C... More

Airplanes - Types - Christmas Bullet Flexible Aeroplane. Strutless biplane exhibited at Aeronautical Exposition, New York City, March 1-15, 1919. Rear view. Guaranteed speed 200 miles per hour; equipped with 200 H.P. 6-cylinder Hall-Scott motor. Takes off and lands at 55 mil

Airplanes - Types - Christmas Bullet Flexible Aeroplane. Strutless bip...

Photographer: Cantilever Aero Co. Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN. CURTISS HYDROAEROPLANE OR FLYING BOAT EXHIBITED NEAR HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING. RIPLEY BOWMAN

NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN. CURTISS HYDROAEROPLANE OR FLYING BOA...

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. FRANKENFIELD; REP. CURRY; BOWMAN

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.

Airplanes - Types - VE-7 graduate training biplane, manufactured by Lewis & Vought Corp., Long Island City. Equipped with 150 H.P. Hispano-Suiza Engine

Airplanes - Types - VE-7 graduate training biplane, manufactured by Le...

Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of experimental aircraft, prototype, aviation design and development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Types - Types of German Airplanes. Halberstadt Biplace Biplane. Side View

Airplanes - Types - Types of German Airplanes. Halberstadt Biplace Bip...

Date Taken: 11/0/1918 Photographer: From 2d Section General Staff - AEF - November 1918. Airplanes - Types

Machines of the Australian Flying Corps photographed from inside a hangar.

Machines of the Australian Flying Corps photographed from inside a han...

ID Number: P03631.018 .Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) .Place made: Palestine .Date made: c 1918 ..Machines of the Australian Flying Corps photographed from inside a hangar. [Bristol fighter F.2B ... More

Group portrait of five decorated Australian Flying Corps officers

Group portrait of five decorated Australian Flying Corps officers

ID Number: DAAV00160 .Place made: Point Cook, Victoria, Australia .Date made: c 1919-1920 ..Group portrait of five decorated Australian Flying Corps officers standing in front of an Avro 504K aircraft, s... More

Pilot for the Mabel Cody Flying Circus holds steady    as Bugs McGowan transfers from the car to the plane

Pilot for the Mabel Cody Flying Circus holds steady as Bugs McGowan...

Local call number: PR00465..Title: [Pilot for the Mabel Cody Flying Circus holds steady as Bugs McGowan transfers from the car to the plane]..Publication info: 1921..Physical descrip: 1 photoprint: b&w; 8 x 10 ... More

Wind flapping, aeroplane museum, 1/18/21

Wind flapping, aeroplane museum, 1/18/21

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

Wright brothers' flyer, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 2014.

Wright brothers' flyer, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 2014.

Date unknown. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Claude Graham White [i.e. Grahame-White] flying his Farman biplane along W. Executive Ave., Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 1910

Claude Graham White [i.e. Grahame-White] flying his Farman biplane alo...

Photograph shows crowds watching English aviator Grahame-White fly his Farman III biplane in front of the State, War & Navy building, Washington, D.C. "4995 A.S." Forms part of: Ernest L. Jones Collection.

Charles Lindbergh Robertson Aircraft Corporation

Charles Lindbergh Robertson Aircraft Corporation

PictionID:54640682 - Catalog:22_000015.tif - Title:Charles Lindbergh - Filename:22_000015.tif - Image from the Arkansas Aviation Historical Society, which donated a large collection of archival material to the ... More

Martin T3M-1, US Navy Photogrpah

Martin T3M-1, US Navy Photogrpah

PictionID:56241389 - Catalog:AL253_000113.tif - Title:Martin T3M-1 01 - Filename:AL253_000113.tif - Image from Album 253 which belonged to Franz Schell-----Please Tag these images so that the information can be... More

Aerial Experimental Association : AEA Silver Dart

Aerial Experimental Association : AEA Silver Dart

Catalog #: 00059070.Manufacturer: Aerial Experimental Association.Designation: AEA Silver Dart.Official Nickname: .Notes: .Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org... More

Curtiss A-1 1, US Navy Photogrpah

Curtiss A-1 1, US Navy Photogrpah

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss A-1, San Diego, 1912, pilot H C Richardson

Curtiss A-1, San Diego, 1912, pilot H C Richardson

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss F-5L, VJ-1, NAS San Diego, c1922 2

Curtiss F-5L, VJ-1, NAS San Diego, c1922 2

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss HS-2L, wrecked, c1919, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Curtiss HS-2L, wrecked, c1919, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss Hydro, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Curtiss Hydro, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Catalog #: NI-006.Notes: This image appears in Arcadia Publishing's "San Diego's North Island 1911-1941" Written by Katrina Pescador and Mark Aldrich of the San Diego Air and Space Museum..Repository: San Diego... More

Curtiss NC-4, US Navy Photogrpah

Curtiss NC-4, US Navy Photogrpah

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss pusher, Glenn Curtiss at Coronado polo grounds, 1911 701

Curtiss pusher, Glenn Curtiss at Coronado polo grounds, 1911 701

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss R-6L, dropping torpedo on San Diego Bay

Curtiss R-6L, dropping torpedo on San Diego Bay

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss replica, NX62E, NAS NI, 1951

Curtiss replica, NX62E, NAS NI, 1951

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Curtiss-Ellyson and Grass Cutter, Feb11 00458

Curtiss-Ellyson and Grass Cutter, Feb11 00458

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Great Lakes TG-2, A-8704, VT-2, Jan24

Great Lakes TG-2, A-8704, VT-2, Jan24

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Grumman FF-1, A-9365, VF-5B, 630

Grumman FF-1, A-9365, VF-5B, 630

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

How was the flight?, US Navy Photogrpah

How was the flight?, US Navy Photogrpah

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Hydro Reproduction (2), Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Hydro Reproduction (2), Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Lizzie NI 1911, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Lizzie NI 1911, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Loening OL-4, A-7060, USS California

Loening OL-4, A-7060, USS California

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Naval Aircraft Factory PN-9, A-6878, Kauai HI, 10Sep25 2

Naval Aircraft Factory PN-9, A-6878, Kauai HI, 10Sep25 2

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

north island image, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

north island image, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

pictionid57116902 - catalognorth island image - titlearray - filenamebd ely after landing on penn.jpg--Many of these images are from the Historical Archives at North Island. l-----Please Tag these images so tha... More

north island image, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

north island image, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

pictionid57115931 - catalognorth island image - titlearray - filenamebd amphib gear cv1.jpg--Many of these images are from the Historical Archives at North Island. l-----Please Tag these images so that the info... More

Reasoner Collection (5) - Public domain portrait photograph

Reasoner Collection (5) - Public domain portrait photograph

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Aviation in France - Reasoner Collection (12)

Aviation in France - Reasoner Collection (12)

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Aviation in France - Reasoner Collection (15)

Aviation in France - Reasoner Collection (15)

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Reasoner Collection (31), Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Reasoner Collection (31), Space and Aviation museum SDASM

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Reasoner Collection (43) during World War I

Reasoner Collection (43) during World War I

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Aviation in France - Reasoner Collection (44)

Aviation in France - Reasoner Collection (44)

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Reasoner Collection (52), Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Reasoner Collection (52), Space and Aviation museum SDASM

From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Secluded Berth, US Navy Photogrpah

Secluded Berth, US Navy Photogrpah

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Wright Model B, San Diego train station for Signal Corps at North Island

Wright Model B, San Diego train station for Signal Corps at North Isla...

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )

Biplan Olhovskogo during World War I

Biplan Olhovskogo during World War I

Biplan Olhovskogo Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, April 1921

Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, Apr...

Photographs show meetings between Arab, Bedouin, and British officials around April 17-27, 1921, at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman, Jordan. During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Sam... More

[Houd ini in scenes from "The grim game"]

[Houd ini in scenes from "The grim game"]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]

Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, ...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Promenade sur Paris en aeroplane / ND Phot.

Promenade sur Paris en aeroplane / ND Phot.

Postcard shows an aerial view of the Eiffel Tower in Paris; seen through the framework of a biplane. No. 472. Gift; Marie Dechaux; 1958.

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Engine of Bleriot - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Engine of Bleriot - 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.

C. Murvin Wood, George Grantham Bain Collection

C. Murvin Wood, George Grantham Bain Collection

Aviator; full length, seated on airplane with his dog "Mona", (1 - left profile). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). www (... More

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.

A. Santos-Dumont - Public domain portrait photograph

A. Santos-Dumont - Public domain portrait photograph

An old photo of a man standing next to an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

R. Clifford Durant, George Grantham Bain Collection

R. Clifford Durant, George Grantham Bain Collection

Aviator; h/s, inside his airplane with another man, (2 - facing left - left side of face is most visible). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Li... More

At Nice, Oehlschlager on Bleriot monoplane - Above is Farman aeroplane of Rawlinson

At Nice, Oehlschlager on Bleriot monoplane - Above is Farman aeroplane...

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

Arbre in Biplane at Reims - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Arbre in Biplane at Reims - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Locomotion aérienne - Louis Blériot, sur son monoplan

Locomotion aérienne - Louis Blériot, sur son monoplan

Louis Blériot in his monoplane. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crowds at Indianapolis Speedway

Crowds at Indianapolis Speedway

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

Accident: Paulhan at Reims - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Accident: Paulhan at Reims - 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.

F.K. Lane, Jr., George Grantham Bain Collection

F.K. Lane, Jr., George Grantham Bain Collection

Full length, standing in front of airplane, (5 - facing front). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Flight; Amer. Heritage ... More

McCurdy aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

McCurdy aeroplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Lind Painter in a "Sommer" - aeroplane

Lind Painter in a "Sommer" - aeroplane

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

[Wilbur Wright gliding from No. 2 Hill, west of the camp building]

[Wilbur Wright gliding from No. 2 Hill, west of the camp building]

Copy photograph taken from a photograph. Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Side view of Wilbur gliding in level flight, moving to right near bottom of Big Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Side view of Wilbur gliding in level flight, moving to right near bot...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 53. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

1902 Wright Brothers' Glider Tests

1902 Wright Brothers' Glider Tests

(October 10, 1902) Historic photo of the Wright brothers' third test glider being launched at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on October 10, 1902. Wilbur Wright is at the controls, Orville Wright is at left, ... More

[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, N...

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 53. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[Flight 82: Wilbur piloting at a considerable height, flying a distance of 2 3/4 miles in 5 minutes and 4 seconds, almost four circles of the field at Huffman Prairie, the best and longest flight of the year; Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 82: Wilbur piloting at a considerable height, flying a distanc...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor. The catapult launching device appears for the first time in a photograph]

[Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

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

Farman aeroplane 1908 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Farman aeroplane 1908 - 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.

Women in airplanes: Mr. & Mrs. Wagner

Women in airplanes: Mr. & Mrs. Wagner

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

Aeroplane of Dr. Greene, on ground

Aeroplane of Dr. Greene, on ground

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

R.P. Warner's aeroplane, in flight

R.P. Warner's aeroplane, in flight

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

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.

The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade field. This series of test flights resulted in the Army purchasing its first aircraft. In the first flight, Sept. 9, 1908, Orville Wright kept the plane aloft 71 seconds. The second flight resulted in a crash that left Wright severely cut and bruised and his passenger, Army LT. Thomas Selfridge dead -- the first powered-aviation fatality. (Exact date shot UNKNOWN)

The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade fiel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

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