Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | After his "mistaken" trans-Atlantic flight to Great Britain, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan visited the original 1903 Wright Flyer then on display at the Sci... |
Date: | 04 1909 |
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Description: | An Italian soldier on horseback watches Wilbur Wright land a Wright "Flyer" somewhere near Rome. After his triumphant demonstration of the "Flyer" in Franc... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Wilbur Wright, in profile, with a Wright Flyer. The original photographic postcard from which this image was copied was presented by Wright to pioneer avia... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | The Wright Flyer of Farnum Fish being pushed into position for a demonstration flight at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
Date: | 09 12 1908 |
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Description: | Demonstration of the Wright Flyer. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | A Wright Model B Flyer at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Although unidentified, this is believed to be the aircraft that Farnum Fish flew at the fairgrou... |
Date: | |
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Description: | A piece of fabric (approximately 1" x 1") from the 1903 Wright Flyer. It is attached to a certificate and includes a photograph. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | A Wright airplane at Indianapolis showing the starting runway track used to launch the plane. This snapshot was taken by Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's f... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Crowds of Italians rushing to see Wilbur Wright and his airplane near Rome. After his triumphant demonstration of the "Flyer" in France the previous fall, ... |
Date: | 09 17 1908 |
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Description: | Soldiers at Fort Myer, Virginia, watching Orville Wright demonstrate the Wright Brothers' airplane for the U.S. Army. Milwaukee's Billy Mitchell is said to... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Farnum Fish, the California-born "boy aviator," about to take off in his two-seat Wright Model B during a flying exhibition at the Wisconsin State Fairgrou... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Wilbur Wright, in the bowler hat, preparing the Flyer for the conclusion of the test required to win a U.S. Army contract. The 1908 demonstration had been ... |
Date: | 05 26 1927 |
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Description: | Charles Lindbergh in Paris, being embraced by Louis Bleriot. |
Date: | 09 1908 |
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Description: | Among the spectators present to watch Orville Wright's demonstration of the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, were Lt. Frank P. Lahm (left), one of the ... |
Date: | 06 1914 |
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Description: | The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | John Kaminski and his Curtiss pusher were scheduled to fly at the 1912 Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, along with several other Curtiss aviators ... |
Date: | 03 1909 |
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Description: | Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally chall... |
Date: | 07 02 1909 |
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Description: | Test flight of the bi-plane invented by Ray Zorn of Dayton, Ohio, who later resided in Waukesha, Wisconsin. |
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