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Cessna Model A

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Description: Three-quarter right side view from front of a Cessna Model A aircraft sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "1627."
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Lawson Plant Exterior

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field across pond towards Alfred Lawson's aircraft plant, with buildings and smokestacks. Men are working with a pile of lumber on the l...
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Cessna Model A

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Description: Front view of a Cessna Model A sitting on a field.
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Keystone K-78 "Patrician"

Date: 11 08 1928
Description: Three-quarter view of a Keystone K-78 "Patrician" sitting on a runway. The "Patrician" is a twenty-passenger monoplane powered by three Wright Cyclone engi...
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Hamilton Metalplane H-21

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of the front of a Hamilton Metalplane H-21 sitting on a runway. The airplane was equipped with a 400 hp Pratt & Whitney ...
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WACO

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a WACO sitting on a runway. Houses and the Miami County Courthouse are in the background.
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American Eagle

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Description: Rear view of an American Eagle sitting in a field. The tail identifier reads: "5321." The airplane body has a distinctive shiny steel texture with a circul...
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Sikorsky S-38A

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Sikorsky S-38A, an amphibious airplane powered by two 400 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, sitting on a runway. The...
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New Whirlwind Swallow

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Description: Left side view of a Swallow G-29 sitting on a runway. The ail identifier reads: "6099." This monoplane was powered by a 225 hp Wright J-5 Whirlwind engine....
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New Swallow Whirlwind

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Swallow G-29 sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "6099." This monoplane was powered by a 225 hp Wright ...
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OX-5 Swallow

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Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a OX-5 Swallow sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "4250." This airplane was powered by a Curtiss OX-5 eig...
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American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Three-quarter view from front left of an American Eagle Model A-129. The tail identifier reads: "5691." The airplane body has a distinctive steel texture w...
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American Eagle Model A-129

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Description: Right side view of an American Eagle Model A-129 sitting in a field. The tail identifier reads: "6520." The airplane body has a distinctive shiny steel tex...
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Swallow TP Training Plane

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Description: Left side view of a Swallow TP (training plane) sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "X6174." The Swallow TP biplane was equipped with a Curtiss...
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90 H.P. WACO

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Description: Aerial view of a WACO 10 (sometimes referred to as WACO 90 because of its horsepower) in flight, with two other WACO planes trailing in the background. Fie...
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HT-340 Research Tractor

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of a man driving an International Harvester HT-340 research tractor.
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Keystone-Loening Air Yacht C2-H

Date: 11 17 1928
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a 1928 Keystone-Loening Air Yacht C2-H sitting on a runway. This amphibious plane is powered by a 525 hp Pratt & Whit...
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Ford 4-AT-B Trimotor

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Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a Ford 4-AT-B Trimotor sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NX 4542." This airplane was one of three use...
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Sikorsky S-31

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Description: Right side view of a Sikorsky S-31, equipped with a 200hp Wright J-4 engine, sitting on a runway. These models were bought by Fairchild Co. to be used for ...
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Standard Model Whirlwind WACO

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Description: Aerial view of a WACO ASO (also known as J-5 Straightwing and Whirlwind Waco) in flight. Two men are sitting in the front open cockpit, and one man is sitt...

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