Flyer on the Big Kill Devil Hill, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 1...
The first flight took place on December 17, 1903 even though Wilbur and Orville tried to fly a few days earlier on the 14th. However, the wind was calm and the brothers knew they would never get off of the grou... More
[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 115 Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More
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
Montenegrinische Berge, Aufnahme auf einem Flugzeug.
Luftaufnahme. Fotograf: 20. Korposkommando. Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Aufstieg eines Jagdflugzeuges - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek pub...
Koledzyani in der Nähe von Narajow, Galizien. Fotograf: Korps Hofmann Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Airplanes - Engines - Manufacture of 80 H. P. LE Rhone engine by Union...
Date Taken: 7/0/1918 Photographer: Union Switch and Signal Co. Airplanes - Engines
Airplanes - Types - Standard Aircraft Corporation Plant, Elizabeth, N....
Photographer: Standard Aircraft Corp. Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Airplanes - Types - Airplanes for government use. L.W.F. Engineering C...
Photographer: L.W.F. Engineering Co. Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of a de Havilland Mail Plane
American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Close-up of a Post Office Dept. mail plane equipped with the new exper...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Naval sea plane, 8/28/22 - 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.
Fokker Trimotor, 1929, NASA history collection
Description (1929) The Langley flight crew installs an experimental low-drag cowling on the Fokker trimotor, 1929. Such cowlings increased fuel efficiency and overall performance...Center: LARC .Image # : L-03333
National Airport. Plane beside building and control tower at National ...
Public domain photograph of midcentury American cars, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Installing one of the 4 motors on the transport plane at Willow Run
Photo shows the Willow Run manufacturing plant, run by the Ford Motor Company near Ypsilanti, Michigan, which made the B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Flight Students, 1939, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
A group of women posed around an airplane - summer 1939. Dave Raub's female flight students...Left to right: (standing) Jean Adams Cook (airport manager), Anne Beach, Grace Larkin Coffin, Edith Jenney, Kathryn ... More
Drilling horizontal stabilizers: operating a hand drill, this woman wo...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
F6 Karlsborg 1940. En division B4:or. (en division:9 flygplan och 3 i ...
F6 Karlsborg 1940. En division B4:or. (en division:9 flygplan och 3 i reserv). Åsaskogen i bakgrunden. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns ... More
F6 Karlsborg 1940. Gästande De Havilland DH 90 "Dragon Fly". Tygverkst...
F6 Karlsborg 1940. Gästande De Havilland DH 90 "Dragon Fly". Tygverkstaden till höger. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet, samt ... More
The plane is of German design but natives of the Dutch East Indies hav...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Tank armor Production. Brake presses flatten each piece of tank armor ...
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Production. C-47 transport planes. Why civilian tires must be conserve...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More
Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feuling an N2S, primary land pl...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Partial view of North Ameri...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Installing fittings and ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
F6 Karlsborg 1945. Flygets dag. Gästande flygplan Sk15 B, med huv och ...
F6 Karlsborg 1945. Flygets dag. Gästande flygplan Sk15 B, med huv och extratank. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet samt som Wor... More
Presidential Airplane, the Independence
Caption: Presidential airplane of President Harry S. Truman, the "Independence," in flight over unknown location. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
F6 Karlsborg 1952. Flygplan A21A3 (Tvestjärten) flygvapneta törstigast...
F6 Karlsborg 1952. Flygplan A21A3 (Tvestjärten) flygvapneta törstigaste flygplanstyp. Vattenkylning under motorkörning. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela ... More
Former POW and U.S. Air Force LCOL Richard P. Keirn (Captured 24 Jul 6...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Sp-5 Logan L. Mcminn Release... More
A plane director guides an F-4 Phantom II aircraft from the 8th Tactic...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRESTED CAP '77 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: S... More
SPACE SHUTTLE IN VIC VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 8/15/1980 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 8 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
A silhouetted view of a plane captain standing on the side of an A-6 I...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Ken George Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More
A view of personnel aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft pushing carton...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: South Pole Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More
Lockheed ER-2 (NASA-706) in flight Lockheed ref: C81-1197-13 ARC-1981...
Lockheed ER-2 (NASA-706) in flight Lockheed ref: C81-1197-13
A U.S. and a Somalian soldier discuss the SAM-2 medium-range surface-t...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Berbera Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Thompson Release Status: Released to P... More
A view of an AIM-9L/M Sidewinder missile on a display stand
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Naval Weapons Center Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Artwork: "Two Generations of B-1's (1918-1983)" Artist: Karl Neumann
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A plane director guides a British Royal Navy FRS.Mk 1 Sea Harrier airc...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A plane director guides an A-7E Corsair II aircraft into position on a...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Fred J. Klinkenberger Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More
A 101st Airborne Division color guard and honor guard stand at attenti...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Re... More
A plane director guides an A-7E Corsair II aircraft into position on a...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles R. Solseth Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More
Depth 10,000 feet, 400 miles southwest of the Azores; a view of the de...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More
North Atlantic. A plane director signals to an AH-1T Sea Cobra helicop...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More
A plane handler directs a pilot to turn his T-2C Buckeye aircraft to t...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Lexington (AVT 16) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A plane director signals instructions to the pilot of a Marine Corps A...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS R.W. Bayles Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A NATO E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft from N...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More
COL Gail S. Halvorsen leans out the window of a C-54 Skymaster aircraf...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More
View of a Russian MiG-29 fighter parked on the ramp after a demonstrat...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: British Columbia (BC) Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Pat Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More
Pallets of cargo await loading aboard a 435th Tactical Airlift Wing C-...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '90 Base: Luxembourg International Airport Country: Luxembourg (LUX) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Bill Tho... More
A plane director signals to the pilot of an AV-8B Harrier aircraft tax...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More
A pilot and radar intercept officer from Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103)...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More
A plane handler drives an MD-3A tow tractor pulling a cart loaded with...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More
The pilot of a Strike Fighter Squadron 86 (VFA-86) F/A-18C Hornet airc...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELDDESERT STORM Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Thomas E. Witham Release Status: Relea... More
A plane director guides a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat air...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael Wagner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More
A US Navy (USN) A-6E Intruder connects with the refueling drogue from ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Aw) M.K. Miller, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, from the 510th Fighter Squadron, ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Decimomannu State: Sardinia Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tana R. Hamilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More
A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies with a German MiG 29, NATO c...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Decimomannu State: Sardinia Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tana R. Hamilton Release Stat... More
A view of the side plate of a P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft named Scat...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FREEDOM FLIGHT AMERICA Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camer... More
A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the Massachusetts Air National...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DELIBERATE FORCE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Bruce Sherwood Re... More
Right side profile of a Royal Air Force crew chief as he prepares a Br...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Vince Parker, USAF Release S... More
Family and friends of 18 Virginia Air National Guard and three Florida...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Family and friends of 18 Virginia Air National Guard and three Florida Army National Guard members killed in a March 3rd C-23 S... More
Left side view of an F/A-18C Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Major Command Shown: CV-63 Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John E. Woods, USN ... More
S109E5594 - STS-109 - High Gain Antenna on +V3 plane on the Hubble Spa...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View the High Gain Antenna on the +V3 plane of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) while on the Flight Support Structure (FSS) in the Columbia's payload ba... More
A US Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harrier jet, Marine Attack Squadron-513...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Co... More
The Joint Unmanned Air Vehicle (JUAV) Experiment Program consisting of...
Fallon Naval Air Station (Aug. 13, 2003) The Joint Unmanned Air Vehicle (JUAV) Experiment Program consisting of British and Israeli contractors work together controlling the UAV which can be used in various asp... More
US Air Force (USAF) military working dog (MWD) Ben, apprehends a "susp...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Fairford State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Stacia M. Willis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More
An in-flight shot of a US Navy (USN) F/A-18B Hornet fighter, US Naval ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Daniel J. Mclain, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More
SIERRA (Systems Integration Evaluation Remote Research Aircraft) Unin...
SIERRA (Systems Integration Evaluation Remote Research Aircraft) Uninhabited Aerial System (UAV plane) on the Ames flightline (aka; Sierra Unpiloted Aerial system (UAS))
A Qatar Emiri Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet takes off a...
SOUDA BAY, Greece (Mar. 25, 2011) A Qatar Emiri Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet takes off as part of a Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn mission. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Comman... More
An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadro...
WATERS NEAR OKINAWA (Jun. 06, 2014) An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft car... More
A U.S. Air Force F-16C from the 51st Fighter Wing,
A U.S. Air Force F-16C from the 51st Fighter Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea taxis for takeoff at Eielson AFB, Alaska, on July 11, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)
Halberstadt D IV (1)
The D.IV was the final single-seat fighter model produced by the Halberstadter Flugzeug-Werke in 1917. The Halberstadt D.I and D.II models were originally produced in 1916, and while they were maneuverable and ... More
Anatra-Anasal
Anatra-Anasal Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Morris and Essex Canal at Waterloo, N.J., boat ascending plane
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
JANNUS, ANTHONY. FLIGHTS AND TESTS OF REX SMITH PLANE FLOWN BY JANNUS....
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Airplanes - Accidents - Falling airplane collides with the railroad tr...
Date Taken: 4/5/1919 Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Airplanes - Accidents Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Airplanes - Wheels - Tires manufactured for government use. Airplane t...
Photographer: U.S. Tire Co. Airplanes - Wheels Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A US Navy (USN) flight deck leading CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) directs ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Philip A. Mcdaniel, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More
Camel & plane
Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The first plane of the new transcontinental air line, of which Col. Li...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
I.P.C. [i.e., Iraq Petroleum Company] terminus in Haifa, with plane ov...
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lot plane arriving [at Lydda Airport]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, flight, airplane, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Autogiro lands near U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2. A new type...
Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Harris and Ewing photo. Date (year) based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Ha... More
Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., chec...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes i...
Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Melbourne, Australia. Beaufort torpedo bomber final assembly plant. Ge...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Women airport workers. Acutely aware of our country's need for more wo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Inglewood, California. A man and woman working on rudder controls for ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Airplane maufacture, general. Women assembly workers rivet...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tripoli, Libya. Allied air forces bombs rain down on Castel Benito air...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Four P-51 Mustangs flying in formation. Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]
Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress).
James Valentine - St. Albert at Dublin Airport, circa 1950
An Aer Lingus DC-3 plane at Dublin Airport's original terminal building. This curved building won design awards for its architect, Desmond Fitzgerald, brother of former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Garret Fitzger... More
Former POW and U.S. Navy LCMDR Everett Alvarez (Captured 5 Aug 64) tal...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC AST AND BOEING PROPOSED UNITED STATES SST SUPERSO...
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 4/4/1977 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Left side view of the "Viper", seen on the television series "Battlest...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Van Nuys State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Judy Mccormick Release Status: Released to Pu... More
Plane directors signal instructions to the pilot of an A-7E Corsair II...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More
GYSGT R. L. Northrup tests the engines of a C-117 aircraft after perfo...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL L. G. Gyorfi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More
Artwork: "German Bomber Maintenance" Artist: H. Recksiegel
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
A right side view of an F-4E Phantom II and an F-4G Advanced Wild Weas...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT D. Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More