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Ford Trimotor Monoplane

Date: 10 20 1928
Description: Interior view from front of a Ford all-metal trimotor monoplane with ten passengers sitting inside.
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Fairchild Model 71

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Description: Right side view of a Fairchild Model 71 sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NC 9708."
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Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor

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Description: View of a crowd standing around a Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor sitting at a passenger terminal. The tail identifier reads: "1879."
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Fairchild Model 21

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Description: Side view of a Fairchild Model 21 sitting on a runway with two people wearing aviator hats and goggles sitting in the front cockpit, and one person standin...
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Lawson Air Liner and Bystanders

Date: 1919
Description: A Lawson Air Liner parked near a hangar. Men in uniforms are in the background, and suggest this could be a military base. Several people are standing near...
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Sikorsky S38-A

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Description: Right side view of a Sikorsky S-38A sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "NC8019." Five passengers and one crew member can be seen through the w...
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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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Lockheed Vega 1

Date: 1928
Description: Right side view of a Lockheed Vega 1 sitting in the snow. The tail identifier reads: "X3903." The airplane is equipped with a 220hp Wright J-5 engine. Capt...
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Curtiss-Wright Field

Date: 03 17 1931
Description: A scene at Curtiss-Wright Field in Milwaukee. Pictured are Arthur D. Gaspar, a Waukesha funeral director, and Paul Trier, the pilot of the Curtiss Thrush. ...

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